Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts In this Chapter,
unless the contrary intention appears —
caravan means a trailer (including a camper
trailer) permanently fitted for human habitation in the course of a journey;
CEO has the meaning given in the Road Traffic
(Administration) Act 2008 section 4;
charitable organisation means a charitable
institution or public benevolent institution endorsed by the Commissioner of
Taxation of the Commonwealth under the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
(Commonwealth) as a deductible gift recipient or as exempt from income tax;
corresponding State law means a law of another
State or a Territory that corresponds to the Vehicles Act;
dealer means any of the following —
(a) a
person that carries on the business of selling new vehicles;
(b) a
person that is the holder of a dealer’s licence under the
Motor Vehicle Dealers Act 1973 ;
(c) a
person that carries on the business of acquiring new or used vehicles for
resale or disposal under hire purchase or leasing agreements;
(d) a
person that, in the course of the person’s business, takes possession of
and resells vehicles that are the subject of mortgages, charges or hire
purchase or leasing agreements;
duty means duty under this Chapter;
grant , in respect of a licence for a vehicle,
does not include renew;
heavy vehicle has the meaning given in the
Vehicles Act;
licence has the meaning given in section 230(2)
and (3);
motor vehicle has the meaning given in the
Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 section 4, but does not include a
trailer, semi-trailer or caravan;
new vehicle means —
(a) a
vehicle that has not been used; or
(b) a
vehicle that has only been used for a purpose referred to in section 246(1)(a)
or (3)(a) or 247(1)(a), other than a vehicle that has been used for a purpose
referred to in section 246(1)(a)(ii) or (3)(a) or 247(1)(a) for a period of
more than 2 months;
trailer means a vehicle designed to be drawn by
another vehicle;
vehicle has the meaning given in section 230(1);
Vehicles Act means the Road Traffic (Vehicles)
Act 2012 .
[Section 228 amended: No. 8 of 2012 s. 90 and 95;
No. 16 of 2022 s. 7.]