Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The scheme of
registration of vehicles under this Act is to be administered by the Director
General, who is to maintain a separate financial record in relation to that
scheme.
(2) The Director
General shall maintain a register of the particulars of —
(a) the
registrations of vehicles and renewals thereof effected under this Act; and
(b)
transfers of registration effected under this Act.
[(3) deleted]
(4) Nothing in this
Act shall require the Director General to register, renew or transfer the
registration of, a vehicle which is so constructed or is in such a condition
that in the opinion of the Director General it would occasion danger to any
person or damage to property.
(5) The registration
of a vehicle under this Act, or the renewal or transfer of any such
registration, may be withheld until the vehicle has been examined by a person
authorised by the Director General.
(6) Where it appears
to the Director General that any vehicle registered under this Act is so
constructed or in such condition that it is likely to occasion danger to any
person or damage to property, the registration of that vehicle may be
suspended by a notice in the prescribed form served personally or by post on
the person in whose name the vehicle is registered.
(7) During the period
of any suspension of the registration of a vehicle under this Act the vehicle
shall for all purposes of this Act be deemed to be an unregistered vehicle.
(8) The suspension of
the registration of a vehicle under this Act may be withdrawn by a notice in
the prescribed form served personally or by post on the person in whose name
the vehicle is registered.
[Section 28 amended: No. 106 of 1981 s. 34; No. 76
of 1996 s. 27; No. 39 of 2000 s. 51; No. 7 of 2002 s. 8.]