Victorian Current Acts

ROAD SAFETY ACT 1986 - SECT 5

The purposes of registration are—

        (a)     to ensure that the design, construction and equipment of motor vehicles and trailers which are used on a highway meet safety and environmental standards; and

        (b)     to enable the use of motor vehicles and trailers on highways to be regulated for reasons of safety, protection of the environment and law enforcement; and

S. 5(c) amended by No. 18/2021 s. 79(a).

        (c)     to provide a method of establishing the identity of each motor vehicle or trailer which is used on a highway and of the person who is responsible for it; and

S. 5(d) inserted by No. 18/2021 s. 79(b).

        (d)     to limit access to the Victorian road network to those who have paid applicable fees and charges designed to recover the costs attributable to vehicle use of road provision and road safety administration.