South Australian Current Regulations South Australian Current Regulations (1) A person must not
drive a motor vehicle on a road while—
(a) a
device is attached to the vehicle or a number plate or trade plate on the
vehicle; or
(b) a
substance is painted on or otherwise added to or made part of a number plate
or trade plate on the vehicle,
the effect of which is to obscure or distort a letter or figure on a number
plate or trade plate on the vehicle when the plate is viewed or photographed
from any particular angle or from all angles in daylight or at night.
Maximum penalty: $2 500.
(2) In
subregulation (1), a reference to a "number plate" extends to that
portion of a motor vehicle on which the registered number is marked in
accordance with regulation 25.
(3)
Subregulation (1)(a) does not apply in relation to a motor vehicle to
which a bike rack is attached if a number plate that—
(a)
conforms to the specifications and design prescribed for a number plate of a
class established under section 47A of the Act for the purposes of this
subregulation; and
(b)
bears the number allotted to the vehicle under the Act,
is attached to the bike rack and displayed such that—
(c) the
whole of the number plate is visible from the rear; and
(d) the
bottom edge of the number plate is not less than 30 centimetres above the
level of the ground and in such a position that every letter and figure of the
registered number is upright; and
(e)
every letter and figure on the number plate is—
(i)
legible from left to right on a plane level with the
ground; and
(ii)
clean and legible at all times; and
(iii)
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 plate looking at the plate along an imaginary
line approximately at right angles to the plate.
(4) If a bike rack
that displays a number plate is attached to a motor vehicle, a person must not
drive the motor vehicle on a road while—
(a) a
device is attached to the bike rack or the number plate on the bike rack; or
(b) a
substance is painted on or otherwise added to or made part of the number plate
on the bike rack,
the effect of which is to obscure or distort a letter or figure on the plate
when the plate is viewed or photographed from any particular angle or from all
angles in daylight or at night.
Maximum penalty: $2 500.