Victorian Consolidated Regulations

-- - SECT 49

Obligation if towing another vehicle

49. Obligation if towing another vehicle



(1) This regulation applies in the following circumstances-

   (a)  a motor vehicle (the towing vehicle) is towing another vehicle (the
        towed vehicle) that is not required to be registered; and

   (b)  the towed vehicle is obscuring the rear number plate of the towing
        vehicle.

(2) The requirement under regulation 48(1) to have a number plate affixed to a
vehicle to which this regulation applies includes a requirement that the
registration number of the towing vehicle is displayed, by painting or
otherwise, on the rear of the towed vehicle, as required by regulation
48(1)(d).

(3) For the purposes of section 72(3) of the Act, a person who complies with
subregulation (2) is using an identifying number in prescribed circumstances.