Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Where a
certificate of registration has been issued by the Director General without
the payment of a fee, or upon the payment of a reduced fee, by reason of
specified conditions or of the circumstances applicable to the ownership,
location or use of the vehicle, and those conditions are not observed or those
circumstances are changed, or the vehicle is put to some other use, then,
unless or until the fee that would otherwise have been payable, or the
difference between that fee and the reduced fee, has been paid in respect of
that vehicle a person who uses that vehicle contravenes the provisions of
section 7.
(2) Where a
certificate of registration is issued pursuant to the provisions of this Act
and the fees paid in respect of that registration are subsequently found to be
either in excess of or less than the fees which are properly payable in
respect of the registration, the Director General —
(a)
shall forthwith upon demand refund the amount of the excess to the person to
whom the certificate of registration was issued;
(b) may
recover the deficiency in a court of competent jurisdiction from the person to
whom the certificate of registration was issued, if that person fails to pay
the deficiency to the Director General within 7 days after the amount of the
deficiency has been demanded in writing from him.
[Section 30 amended: No. 106 of 1981 s. 34; No. 76
of 1996 s. 27.]