Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2021
sec.132Personalised number plates given on application or sale
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sec.132 Personalised number plates given on application or sale
A person may apply to the chief executive for a number plate containing a combination of numbers or letters chosen by the person (a personalised number plate ). See part 9 , division 2 for requirements for particular applications. The application must be accompanied by the published fee for the personalised number plate. The chief executive may, on receiving the application and published fee, give the personalised number plate to the person. Also, the chief executive may give a personalised number plate to a person on a sale of the plate at public auction. If the chief executive gives a person a personalised number plate under this section, the chief executive must— assign to the person the combination of numbers or letters as the registration number for the personalised number plate; and record in the register— the assigned registration number; and details sufficient to identify the person. The chief executive must not give a person a personalised number plate whose combination of numbers or letters is identical, or appears to be identical, to the combination of numbers or letters of another current number plate. In this section— published fee , for a personalised number plate, means the fee stated for the plate on the website located at www.ppq.com.au. s 132 amd 2023 SL No. 4 s 12 (sec.132-ssec.1) A person may apply to the chief executive for a number plate containing a combination of numbers or letters chosen by the person (a personalised number plate ). See part 9 , division 2 for requirements for particular applications. (sec.132-ssec.2) The application must be accompanied by the published fee for the personalised number plate. (sec.132-ssec.3) The chief executive may, on receiving the application and published fee, give the personalised number plate to the person. (sec.132-ssec.4) Also, the chief executive may give a personalised number plate to a person on a sale of the plate at public auction. (sec.132-ssec.5) If the chief executive gives a person a personalised number plate under this section, the chief executive must— assign to the person the combination of numbers or letters as the registration number for the personalised number plate; and record in the register— the assigned registration number; and details sufficient to identify the person. (sec.132-ssec.6) The chief executive must not give a person a personalised number plate whose combination of numbers or letters is identical, or appears to be identical, to the combination of numbers or letters of another current number plate. (sec.132-ssec.7) In this section— published fee , for a personalised number plate, means the fee stated for the plate on the website located at www.ppq.com.au.
- (a) assign to the person the combination of numbers or letters as the registration number for the personalised number plate; and