Vehicle and Traffic (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration) Regulations 2021
157Road safety levy
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157 Road safety levy
(1) A person must pay a levy for the registration, or renewal of registration, of a vehicle if –
(a) the person applies, in the prescribed period, for registration of the vehicle; or
(b) the person applies for the renewal of registration of the vehicle and that renewal falls due in the prescribed period.
(2) The road safety levy is payable to the Registrar on an application of a kind referred to in subregulation (1) .
(3) If a person applies to register, or renew the registration of, a vehicle for a registration period of 12 months, the road safety levy is –
(a) 16.13 fee units, if the person is not an eligible pensioner or eligible asylum seeker; or
(b) 9.68 fee units, if the person is an eligible pensioner or eligible asylum seeker.
(4) If a person applies to register, or renew the registration of, a vehicle for a period of more or less than 12 months, the road safety levy is an amount calculated in accordance with the following formula:
where –
A is the amount of the road safety levy;
B is the number of days in the period for which the vehicle is to be registered;
C is the number of days in the 12-month period that commences on the day on which the registration, or renewal of registration, is to take effect;
D is the amount of the road safety levy payable for the registration of the vehicle for 12 months.
