88Issue of registration number and number plates

88 Issue of registration number and number plates

(1)  On registering a vehicle, the Registrar must assign a distinguishing registration number to the vehicle.

(2)  The Registrar may, on renewing the registration of a vehicle, or at any other time, by written notice to the registered operator, withdraw the distinguishing number assigned to the vehicle and assign a new distinguishing registration number.

(3)  The Registrar may enter into an agreement with a person who operates, or proposes to operate, a particular vehicle or vehicles that provides that –

(a) for a specified consideration, the Registrar is to assign a registration number or numbers, in a specified form, to the vehicle or vehicles; and

(b) on payment of such specified consideration, the person is not required to pay, as specified in the agreement, the applicable specified fees for the issuing of a number plate.

(4)  For each registered vehicle, the Registrar must issue one or more number plates (as may be appropriate to the vehicle) bearing the registration number assigned to the vehicle.

(5)  The Registrar may, on receipt of an application by the registered operator of a motor vehicle (other than a motor cycle) or a trailer, accompanied by the applicable scheduled fee, issue an accessory number plate bearing the registration number assigned to the relevant vehicle.

(6)  A number plate issued under subregulation (4) , or an accessory number plate issued under subregulation (5) , remains the property of the Registrar unless –

(a) the number plate is issued in respect of a heavy vehicle; and

(b) that heavy vehicle is registered in another jurisdiction.

(7)  A number plate issued in another jurisdiction is the property of the Registrar –

(a) if the number plate was issued in respect of a heavy vehicle; and

(b) while that heavy vehicle is registered in Tasmania.