74Obligations of acquirers

74 Obligations of acquirers (1) A person, or the agent of a person, who acquires a registered vehicle must, not later than 14 days after acquiring the vehicle— (a) fill in as the acquirer the form received from the disposer as mentioned in section 73 (1) (Obligations of disposers) and sign it; and (b) give the completed form to the road transport authority with any duty payable under the Duties Act 1999 for the transfer of (2) The person commits an offence if the person, or the agent of the person, does not give the completed form with the amount of the duty (if any) to the road transport authority as required by subsection (1). (3) If a registered vehicle is acquired under an order of a court in Australia or any other legal process, the person, or the agent of the person, who acquires the vehicle must, not later than 14 days after acquiring the vehicle— (a) fill in a form telling the road transport authority about the court order or other legal process and sign it; and (b) give the completed form to the authority with any duty payable under the Duties Act 1999 for the transfer of registration of the (4) The person commits an offence if the person, or an agent of the person, does not give the completed form with the amount of the duty (if any) to the road transport authority as required by subsection (3).