Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT REGULATIONS 1986 - REG 29

         (1)   Where the ownership of a registered motor vehicle or trailer is transferred from one person to another, the previous owner of the motor vehicle or trailer shall, within 7 days of the date of the transfer of ownership, in writing in accordance with the approved form, give notice of the transfer to the relevant Registration Authority in relation to the motor vehicle or trailer.

Penalty:   5 penalty units.

         (2)   In subregulation (1), the reference to the previous owner of a motor vehicle or trailer shall, in the case of a vehicle that was, immediately before the transfer, part of the estate of a deceased person, be read as a reference to the executor or the administrator of that estate.

         (3)   An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.

Note    For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .