30Return of registration plates

30 Return of registration plates

30 Return of registration plates

(1) An authorised officer shall return a registration plate the subject of an application made to the officer in accordance with section 29 to the registered owner of the motor vehicle from which the registration plate was removed pursuant to section 28 (1).

(2) Where an application for the return of a registration plate has not been made in accordance with section 29—

(a) within 21 days after an authorised officer has removed the registration plate from a motor vehicle pursuant to section 28 (1), or

(b) within such longer period as the authorised officer may, upon application made by the registered owner of the motor vehicle concerned, allow,

the authorised officer shall forward the registration plate to Transport for NSW.

s 30: Am 1988 No 114, Sch 4; 2011 No 41, Sch 5.42; 2020 No 30, Sch 4.82.