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ROAD SAFETY ACT 1986 - SECT 5AD

What are registration number rights?

    (1)     The person who owns registration number rights in respect of a particular registration number has—

S. 5AD(1)(a) amended by Nos 74/2013 s. 10(1)(a), 49/2019 s. 116(Sch.  1 item 8).

        (a)     the right to have that registration number assigned to a vehicle registered by the Secretary of which that person is the registered operator; and

S. 5AD(1)(b) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch.  1 item 8).

        (b)     the right to be issued with 2 number plates (of a type that, in the opinion of the Secretary, is appropriate to that registration number) bearing that registration number; and

S. 5AD(1)(c) amended by Nos 74/2013 s. 10(1)(b), 49/2019 s. 116(Sch.  1 item 8).

        (c)     the right to display number plates bearing that registration number on the vehicle to which that number is assigned by the Secretary.

    (2)     The rights referred to in subsection (1)—

        (a)     are exclusive to the owner of those rights; and

        (b)     may be exercised at any time, whether at the time of purchase of the registration number rights or at any later time; and

        (c)     may only be exercised subject to, and in accordance with, this Act and the regulations; and

        (d)     may be transferred to any other person, or otherwise dealt with, by the owner of those rights; and

S. 5AD(2)(e) amended by No. 74/2013 s. 10(2)(a).

        (e)     form part of the property of the estate of the owner on his or her death.

S. 5AD(2)(f) repealed by No. 74/2013 s. 10(2)(b).

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S. 5AD(3) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch.  1 item 8).

    (3)     Subject to this Act and the regulations, the Secretary must take all necessary steps to give effect to the exercise of any right referred to in subsection (1).

    (4)     If—

S. 5AD(4)(a) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch.  1 item 8).

        (a)     a vehicle is sold (whether before, on or after the commencement of Division 1 of Part 6 of the Transport Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2004 ) together with a number plate issued by the Secretary displayed on it; and

        (b)     that number plate bears the registration number assigned to the vehicle at the time of the sale; and

        (c)     that registration number is at the time of the sale the subject of registration number rights

it must be presumed for all purposes, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that the person who acquires the vehicle also acquires the registration number rights in respect of that registration number.

S. 5AD(5) amended by Nos 110/2004 s. 42(a), 49/2019 s. 116(Sch.  1 item 8).

    (5)     The Secretary must not assign to a vehicle, or issue a number plate bearing, a registration number that is the subject of registration number rights except on an application made by, or with the consent of, the owner of those rights.

S. 5AD(6) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch.  1 item 8).

    (6)     A number plate issued by the Secretary bearing a registration number that is the subject of registration number rights owned by a person remains the property of the State despite the separate ownership of the registration number rights.

S. 5AE (Heading) amended by No. 41/2020 s. 19(1).

S. 5AE inserted by No. 49/2004 s. 26.



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