Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations(1) A person must not use a registrable vehicle on a road or road related area if—
(a) the vehicle does not have the numberplates or numberplate required under this division attached to it; or
(b) a numberplate attached to the vehicle is not attached in accordance with this division; or
(c) a numberplate attached to the vehicle is illegible.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) The responsible person for a vehicle used by someone else in contravention of subsection (1) also commits an offence if the person failed to take reasonable precautions to prevent the contravention.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(3) This section does not apply to a vehicle if—
(a) an unregistered vehicle permit is in force for the vehicle; or
(b) a trader's plate is attached to the vehicle.
(4) For this section, a numberplate is illegible if anything required to be included on the numberplate cannot, for any reason, be readily read.
(5) For subsection (4), a number on the numberplate is taken not to be readily readable if the number is not clearly visible as required by section 59 (1) (b) (Display of numberplates).