South Australian Consolidated Acts57A—Power of Registrar to record change of ownership of motor vehicle
If application to transfer the registration of a motor vehicle has not been
made but—
(a) a
notice under section 56(b)(i)(C) has been lodged with the Registrar in
relation to the vehicle; or
(b)
the Registrar is satisfied on the basis of other evidence that the ownership
of the vehicle has been transferred to a particular person,
the Registrar may, without registering the vehicle in the name of the
transferee, record on the register the transferee as the owner of the vehicle.