Cancellation of registration
16AE Cancellation of registration
Subject to section 16AD, the Secretary may cancel the registration of a motor vehicle or trailer the subject of a registration cancellation notice on or after the cancellation day.
If the Secretary cancels the registration of a motor vehicle or trailer under subsection (1), the Secretary must send the registered operator of the motor vehicle or trailer notice of the cancellation.
If the Secretary decides not to cancel the registration of the motor vehicle or trailer, the Secretary must send the registered operator of the motor vehicle or trailer notice that no further action will be taken to cancel the registration.
If the registration of a motor vehicle or trailer is cancelled under subsection (1), the vehicle is unregistered for the purposes of this Part.
Despite subsection (4), it is not an offence against this Act to leave a vehicle whose registration has been cancelled under this section standing on a highway.
In this section—
cancellation day means the day stated in a registration cancellation notice, or a later day stated in a notice sent under section 16AC(3), as the day on which the registration of the motor vehicle or trailer will be cancelled.
S. 16AF inserted by No. 49/2019 s. 119.
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