South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) At the time of
registering a heavy vehicle (other than a heavy vehicle of a prescribed
class), the Registrar must issue to the registered owner or the
registered operator of the vehicle, or his or her agent, a registration label
endorsed with—
(a)
particulars of the vehicle; and
(b) the
date of expiry of registration; and
(c) such
other information as the Registrar thinks fit to include.
(1a) The Registrar
may, at any time, issue to the registered owner or the registered operator, or
the agent of the registered owner or the registered operator, of a
heavy vehicle an amended registration label complying with subsection (1)
and may, by notice in writing served personally or by post, direct the
registered owner or the registered operator or agent to destroy the label
previously issued in such manner as the Registrar thinks fit and specifies in
the notice.
(1b) A person must not
fail to comply with a direction under subsection (1a).
Maximum penalty: $250.
(2) The registration
label issued in respect of a heavy vehicle (other than a heavy vehicle of a
prescribed class) or, where an amended registration label has been issued in
respect of such a vehicle, the amended registration label, must, throughout
the period during which the registration remains in force, be affixed to and
carried on the heavy vehicle for which it is issued, in accordance with the
regulations.
(3) A person must not
drive on a road, or cause to stand on a road, a heavy vehicle registered under
this Act (other than a heavy vehicle of a prescribed class) that does not
carry the registration label or, where an amended registration label has been
issued, the amended registration label issued for that vehicle under this
section, or that carries the label otherwise than in conformity with all the
requirements of this section and the regulations.
Maximum penalty: $750.
(3a) If a heavy
vehicle is driven, or caused to stand, on a road in contravention of
subsection (3), the registered owner and the registered operator of the
vehicle are each guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $750.
(4) It is a defence to
a charge under subsection (3) or (3a) if the defendant proves that the
heavy vehicle was driven on a road under circumstances under which this Act or
the regulations provide that a heavy vehicle on which a registration label or
permit is not affixed may be driven.
(5) It is a defence to
a charge of an offence against subsection (3a) to prove that, in
consequence of some unlawful act, the vehicle was not in the possession or
control of the defendant at the time it was driven or left standing on the
road.