Victorian Consolidated Regulations

-- - SECT 29

Decision about application

29. Decision about application



(1) The Corporation must refuse an application for registration of a vehicle
if-

   (a)  the vehicle is not eligible for registration; or

   (b)  a provision of the Act or these Regulations prevents approval of the
        application; or



   (c)  it appears to the Corporation that a vehicle identifier has been
        altered, defaced, removed, substituted or tampered with without lawful
        authorisation.

(2) The Corporation may refuse an application for registration of a vehicle
if-

   (a)  the applicant is not adequately identified in the application; or

   (b)  the applicant has not complied with a provision of the Act, these
        Regulations or the Duties Act 2000 in relation to the registration of
        the vehicle, including the payment of any fees or charges required to
        be paid under the Act or these Regulations in relation to the
        registration or inspection of the vehicle; or

   (c)  the vehicle is not fitted with an identification plate; or

   (d)  the Corporation reasonably believes that-

   (i)  the vehicle or a part of the vehicle is or may be stolen; or

   (ii) information given in the application is false or misleading; or

   (iii) there are unpaid fines or pecuniary penalties arising out of the use
        of the vehicle in Australia; or

   (iv) the vehicle or part of the vehicle has, or may have, been illegally
        imported.

(3) If the Corporation approves the application, it must register the vehicle
in the name of the proposed registered operator specified in the application.



(4) If the Corporation refuses to register the vehicle, it must give the
applicant written notice of the applicant's rights to internal and external
review of the decision under Part 2.12 of Chapter 2.