Section 4 - Vehicle and Traffic (Transitional and Consequential) Act 1999 - Continuation of registration

4Continuation of registration

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4 Continuation of registration

(1) If a vehicle was registered under the former Traffic Act provisions immediately before the commencement day, the registration continues in force, subject to the new Act, for the balance of the period for which it was issued or last renewed, as if the vehicle had been registered under the new Act.

(2) Any conditions or restrictions of the registration remain in force, subject to the new Act, as if they were conditions imposed under the new Act.

(3) The registered owner of a vehicle registered under the former Traffic Act provisions immediately before the commencement day is to be regarded as the registered operator as from the commencement day and continues, subject to this section and the new Act, to be the registered operator of the vehicle (even though the registered owner might not be eligible to be nominated as the registered operator under the new Act).

(4) If 2 natural persons become the registered operators of a vehicle under subsection (3) –

(a) they may, at any time before a nomination is required under subsection (5) , lodge a notice of nomination, in a form approved by the Registrar, nominating one of them to be the registered operator; and

(b) the person so nominated continues, subject to the new Act, as the sole registered operator of the vehicle.

(5) A person who is eligible to be the registered operator of the vehicle is to be nominated as the registered operator of the vehicle –

(a) in the first application for renewal of registration after the commencement day or in a notice of nomination, in a form approved by and lodged with the Registrar within 21 days after the date of the application; or

(b) if there is an earlier application for transfer of the registration – in that earlier application.

(6) The following provisions apply if a nomination is not made in accordance with subsection (5) :

(a) in the case of an application for transfer of registration made before the registration first falls due for renewal after the commencement day – the transfer is not to be registered until a person who is eligible to be the registered operator is nominated as the registered operator;