Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) If a number plate
issued by the CEO for a vehicle is stolen or otherwise lost, a responsible
person for the vehicle must, as soon as practicable after becoming aware of
that happening, notify the CEO in writing or in any other manner approved by
the CEO of that happening.
(2) If a stolen or
lost number plate is an ordinary plate (other than a reserved plate) the CEO
must, on the return of each other plate in the set that was not stolen or lost
and on payment of the relevant fee under regulation 112, issue a
replacement set of number plates for the vehicle.
(2A) Despite
subregulation (2), if the stolen or lost number plate is a plate issued
or taken to be issued under regulation 111(1) that identifies a vehicle
as an on‑demand charter vehicle, or a plate issued or taken to be issued
under regulation 111(2), the CEO must, on the return of each other plate
in the set that was not stolen or lost and on payment of the relevant fee
under regulation 112, issue a replacement set of number plates for the
vehicle either bearing the same characters as those in the returned set or
different characters, as the CEO thinks fit.
(3) If a stolen or
lost number plate is from a set of —
(a)
special plates; or
(b) name
plates; or
(ba)
reserved plates; or
(c)
personalised plates,
the CEO must, on the
return of each other plate in the set that was not stolen or lost and on
payment of the relevant fee under regulation 112, issue a replacement set
of number plates that is of the same type or class, and bearing the same
characters, as the set of plates being replaced.
[Regulation 115 amended: Gazette
26 Jun 2019 p. 2237; SL 2021/206 r. 8.]