Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2000

The road transport authority may refuse to approve an application for registration of a registrable vehicle if—

the vehicle is not an eligible vehicle; or

the applicant has not complied with a requirement of the road transport legislation in relation to the registration of the vehicle (including a requirement to pay a fee, charge or other amount); or

the authority believes on reasonable grounds that—

the vehicle, or a part of the vehicle, is or may be stolen; or

information given in, or in relation to, the application for registration is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular; or

there are unpaid fines or financial penalties resulting from the use of the vehicle in Australia; or

the vehicle is being used for an unlawful purpose; or

words or images that a reasonable adult would consider indecent, insulting or offensive are displayed on an area of the vehicle greater than 297mm x 105mm; or

the vehicle is subject to a compulsory recall notice or voluntary recall notice; or

the authority is not satisfied that the vehicle’s garage address is in the ACT; or

the applicant has failed to comply with a territory law about certificates of inspection of registrable vehicles; or

the application may otherwise be refused under this regulation.

The road transport authority must refuse to approve an application for the registration of a registrable vehicle if—

the authority is required to refuse to approve the application for a vehicle’s registration under—

section 32A (Deciding applications for registration—written-off vehicles); or

section 32B (Deciding applications for registration—taxis); or

an order of a court in Australia prevents the vehicle’s registration, and the authority has been told about the order.

If the road transport authority approves an application by or on behalf of a person for registration of a registrable vehicle, the authority must register the vehicle in the name of the person as the registered operator.

For subsection (1)—

a vehicle is subject to a compulsory recall notice if a recall notice has been issued under the Australian Consumer Law (ACT), section 122 (Compulsory recall of consumer goods) in relation to the vehicle or a part of the vehicle; and

a vehicle is subject to a voluntary recall notice if—

a person has voluntarily recalled the vehicle or a part of the vehicle; and

the recall has been published on a website under the Australian Consumer Law (ACT), section 128 (Notification requirements for a voluntary recall of consumer goods); and

the road transport authority is satisfied the recall relates to a significant road safety risk; and

reasonable steps have not been taken in relation to the vehicle or part to address the road safety risk.