42A

Interpretation

In force

(1)

In this Act—

applicant means a person by or on whose behalf an application to register a motor vehicle or an application to transfer the registration of a motor vehicle is made;

application to register a motor vehicle means an application to register a motor vehicle made under the Motor

Vehicles Act 1959 and includes an application so made to renew the registration of a motor vehicle;

application to transfer the registration of a motor vehicle means an application to transfer the registration of a motor vehicle made under the provisions of the Motor Vehicles

Act 1959;

commercial motor vehicle has the same meaning as in the Motor Vehicles

Act 1959;

dealer means a person licensed as a dealer under the Second-hand Motor Vehicles

Act 1983;

list price means—

(a)

for a motor vehicle—the price (inclusive of GST) fixed by the manufacturer, importer or principal distributor as the retail selling price in the State of a motor vehicle of the relevant make and model;

(b)

for optional equipment—the additional price (inclusive of

GST) so fixed if the vehicle is to be sold with the optional equipment;

market value, in relation to a motor vehicle, means the amount (inclusive of GST) for which the motor vehicle might reasonably be sold, free of encumbrances, in the open market;

motor vehicle and trailer have the same meanings as those expressions respectively have in the

Motor Vehicles Act 1959;

new motor vehicle means a motor vehicle not previously registered in this State or elsewhere;

optional equipment, in relation to a motor vehicle for which there is a list price, means equipment or a feature of the vehicle that is not covered by that list price, being—

(a)

a particular kind of transmission; or

(b)

power steering; or

(c)

any other prescribed equipment or feature;

policy of insurance means a policy of insurance under Part 4 of the Motor Vehicles

Act 1959;

primary producer has the same meaning as in the

Motor Vehicles Act 1959;

second-hand motor vehicle means a motor vehicle previously registered in this State or elsewhere.

(2)

For the purposes of this Act, if an applicant for registration, or transfer of registration, of a motor vehicle makes the application by a means of electronic communication approved by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles, the electronic communication is taken to be an instrument executed by the applicant and is chargeable with duty as an application for registration, or transfer of registration, of a motor vehicle (as appropriate).

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