South Australian Consolidated Acts

MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 43

43—Short payment etc

        (1)         Where any amount is payable to the Registrar for registration, or insurance, in respect of a motor vehicle—

            (a)         because the motor vehicle was incorrectly described in the application for registration of the motor vehicle and the vehicle was consequently registered or insured for less than the full amount payable in respect of the vehicle; or

            (b)         because of any alteration of, or addition to, the motor vehicle; or

            (c)         for any other reason,

the Registrar may by notice in writing served personally or by post upon the registered owner or the registered operator of the motor vehicle demand payment of that amount.

        (2)         The amount referred to in subsection (1) may be recovered by the Registrar as a debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.

        (3)         Where the amount referred to in subsection (1) is not paid within 14 days after the service of a notice under that subsection, the Registrar may, by notice in writing served personally or by post upon the person registered as the owner or the operator of the motor vehicle, cancel the registration.

        (4)         The Registrar may, without any authority or appropriation other than this subsection, refund upon cancellation of the registration of a motor vehicle under this section such proportion of the amount paid to the Registrar by the person in whose name the motor vehicle was registered, as the Registrar thinks just.