New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Act 2024

If a person makes an application in accordance with section 53, the Secretary must decide to:

open an account in the Registry in the person’s name; or

refuse to open such an account.

The Secretary must not decide to open an account in the Registry in the person’s name unless the Secretary is satisfied that:

there is a covered vehicle for the person for 2025 or a later year; and

the person does not have another registry account; and

the person is a fit and proper person, having regard to:

whether the Secretary has previously closed a registry account of the person under section 57; and

the matters (if any) prescribed by the rules; and

any other matter the Secretary considers relevant.

If the Secretary decides to refuse to open an account in the Registry in a person’s name, the Secretary must give the person written notice of the decision and the reasons for the decision.

Paragraph (2)(a) does not apply in relation to an application accompanying a declaration of transmission made in accordance with section 68 (transmission of units by operation of law etc.).

An account opened in a person’s name under paragraph (1)(a) is the person’s registry account.