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Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2017
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#### 125 Refunds of fees
125 Refunds of fees
(cf 2007 reg cl 78)
> > (1) Transport for NSW may make a partial refund of any applicable fee paid in respect of a registrable vehicle if—
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> > > (a) Transport for NSW approves an application for the surrender of the registration of the vehicle, or
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> > > (b) Transport for NSW cancels the registration of the vehicle and notification of that cancellation has been received by the registered operator of the vehicle.
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> > (2) For the purposes of subclause (1), a partial refund is to be calculated using the formula—
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> > %20AND%20(No%3D0451)%20AND%20(Year%3D2017)%20AND%20(%22Historical%20Document%22%3D0))/g4.gif)
> > where—
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> > number of days is the number of unexpired whole days of the registration period of the vehicle, from the date on which Transport for NSW approves an application for surrender made under clause 44 or cancels the registration of the vehicle concerned.
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> > period of registration is the total number of whole days in the period for which the vehicle is registered.
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> > fee is the amount of the applicable fee.
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> > (3) Transport for NSW may refund (in whole or in part) any applicable fee paid by an applicant under clause 10 if Transport for NSW is of the opinion that—
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> > > (a) the applicant was the registered operator of a registrable vehicle that was destroyed or rendered beyond repair as a consequence of damage caused to the vehicle by an occurrence that gave rise to an emergency, and
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> > > (b) the vehicle to which the application related was a replacement for the damaged vehicle, and
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> > > (c) in the circumstances of the case it would be appropriate to refund the fee.
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> > (4) Transport for NSW may deduct from a refund of an applicable fee the amount of any unpaid fees incurred in respect of the vehicle.
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> > (5) If an amount of refund determined in accordance with subclause (2) would comprise an amount that is not a whole number of dollars, the amount of refund is to be adjusted downwards to the next whole number of dollars.
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> > (6) In this clause—
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> > emergency has the same meaning as in the [State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1989-165).