Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00629:clause:1_50:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00629
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 50 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 64624–67717

50  Previously issued number plates
  If number plates were issued in relation to a heavy vehicle registered before the commencement of these Regulations the plates may be retained until the registration authority requires in writing that they be returned.

Dictionary

  In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
Act means the Road Transport Reform (Heavy Vehicles Registration) Act 1996.
Note: For the text of the Road Transport Reform (Heavy Vehicles Registration) Act 1996, see Schedule 1 to the National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation—Heavy Vehicles Registration Act) Regulations 2005.
administrative fee means a fee applied in accordance with subregulation 47(2).
authorised person means a person authorised by the registration authority to be an authorised person for the purposes of these Regulations.
agricultural implement means a vehicle without its own automotive power, built to perform agricultural tasks.
agricultural machine means a machine with its own automotive power, built to perform agricultural tasks.
Note: Examples of agricultural implements are irrigating equipment, augers, conveyors, empty field bins, harvester fronts, and machinery fully carried on the three‑point linkage of a tractor.
 Examples of agricultural machinery are tractors and harvesters.
certificate of approved operations means a certificate issued in respect of a heavy vehicle in accordance with subregulation 10(2).
certificate of inspection means a certificate issued by an authorised person which specifies the components of the vehicle requiring inspection, and that the person has inspected those components and found them not to be defective.
corporation means a corporation recognised under the laws of Australia, including a foreign corporation and a body incorporated by or under statute.
corresponding registration authority means an authority appointed under the Act and these Regulations as adopted in a State or the Northern Territory in accordance with the agreements scheduled to the National Road Transport Commission Act 1991.
eligible heavy vehicle means a vehicle which is eligible for registration in accordance with regulation 7.
Heavy Vehicle Standards Regulations means the Heavy Vehicle Standards Regulations made under the Road Transport Reform (Vehicles and Traffic) Act 1993.
identification plate means a plate authorised to be placed on a vehicle, or taken to have been placed on a vehicle, under the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989.
nominated configuration means the configuration in which the heavy vehicle will operate for the registration period, as nominated by the registered operator.
operations plate means a plate placed on a heavy vehicle in accordance with subregulation 10(2).
registration charge means the amount payable as a registration charge under the Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Act 1993.
residential address, in relation to a company or other body corporate, means its registered office or any place recorded in the register as its residential address or business address.
safety risk