South Australian Current Regulations

MOTOR VEHICLES REGULATIONS 2010 - REG 25

25—Exemptions from duty to carry number plates

        (1)         A person who drives a motor vehicle, the front and rear of which is marked with its registered number, is exempt from the operation of section 47(1) of the Act if—

            (a)         the registered number was allotted before 1 July 1996; and

            (b)         the registered number was marked on the vehicle before 1 July 1996; and

            (c)         number plates bearing the registered number and the slogan "SA • The Festival State" have never been obtained for the vehicle; and

            (d)         the vehicle is registered in the name of the person who was, immediately prior to 1 July 1996, recorded on the register of motor vehicles as the owner of the vehicle; and

            (e)         there is no agreement in force under section 47A of the Act between the Registrar and the registered owner of the vehicle in relation to the registered number; and

            (f)         every letter and figure of the registered number marked on the vehicle is—

                  (i)         clearly visible in daylight to a person standing on the same plane as the vehicle at any point not less than 3 metres or more than 18 metres from the portion of the vehicle on which the number is marked looking at the number along an imaginary line approximately at right angles to the number; and

                  (ii)         legible from left to right on a plane level with the ground; and

                  (iii)         clean and legible at all times.

        (2)         An officer or employee of the South Australian Police Department or the Transport Department who drives a motor vehicle on a road, or causes a motor vehicle to stand on a road, is exempt from the operation of section 47(1) of the Act if—

            (a)         the vehicle is being used for the purpose of testing the legibility of number plates; and

            (b)         the vehicle displays a sign bearing the word "test".

        (3)         A person who drives a motor vehicle, or causes a motor vehicle to stand, on a road is exempt from the operation of section 47(1) of the Act insofar as that section imposes requirements relating to the visibility and legibility of number plates, if the motor vehicle—

            (a)         is approved by the Minister for Tourism as a motor vehicle that may be driven, or caused to stand, on a road in relation to an event specified in a notice under subregulation (4); and

            (b)         is being so driven or caused to stand during the period, and in accordance with the conditions, specified in the notice.

        (4)         The Minister for Tourism may, with the concurrence of the Minister responsible for the administration of the Act, publish a notice in the Gazette—

            (a)         specifying an event; and

            (b)         specifying a period during which motor vehicles approved by the Minister for Tourism may be driven, or caused to stand, on a road in relation to the event; and

            (c)         specifying the conditions applicable to driving such a motor vehicle, or causing such a motor vehicle to stand, on a road in relation to the event.

        (5)         In any proceedings, a document purporting to be a certificate signed by the Minister for Tourism and certifying that, on a specified day, a specified motor vehicle was or was not approved as a motor vehicle that may be driven, or caused to stand, on a road in relation to an event specified in a notice under subregulation (4), is proof of the matter so certified in the absence of proof to the contrary.