Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--VEHICLE REGISTRATION) REGULATION 2021 - REG 128

128 Who owns number plates

(1) A number plate given by the chief executive remains the property of the State.

(2) However, if a national heavy vehicle number plate is given by the chief executive, the number plate remains the property of the State unless the vehicle to which the plate relates is equivalently registered.

(3) Also, if a national heavy vehicle number plate is given in another State under a corresponding law to this regulation, the number plate becomes the property of the State when the vehicle to which the plate relates is registered under this regulation.

(4) Subsection (1) applies even if, under section 133 (1) , the right to use the combination of numbers or letters on the number plate is the property of the person to whom the plate was given.