30—Substitution of section 71B
Section 71B—delete the section and substitute:
71B—Replacement of plates, documents and labels
(1) If the Registrar is satisfied by statutory declaration or such other evidence as the Registrar may require that a number plate, trade plate, prescribed document or registration label issued in respect of a motor vehicle has been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, the Registrar may, on application made in a manner and form determined by the Minister and payment of the prescribed fee, issue, or authorise the issue of, a replacement number plate, trade plate or prescribed document or a duplicate registration label.
(2) The person to whom a replacement plate or document or duplicate label is issued under subsection (1) must, if the original plate, document or label is found or recovered, return it to the Registrar.
Maximum penalty: $250.