Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2021 (Qld)

Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2021

Part 1 Preliminary

Division 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2021.

2 Commencement This regulation commences on 1 September 2021.

Division 2 Interpretation and key concepts

3 Definitions The dictionary in schedule 8 defines particular words used in this regulation.

4 Meaning of exempt vehicle A vehicle mentioned in schedule 1 is an exempt vehicle.

5 Meaning of garage address (1) In this regulation, the garage address of a vehicle that is normally kept on a road or road-related area when not in use is— (a) if there is only 1 registered operator of the vehicle—the address of the registered operator; or (b) if there is more than 1 registered operator of the vehicle and the address of 1 or more of the registered operators is in Queensland—the address of the registered operator in Queensland closest to the road or road-related area where the vehicle is normally kept; or (c) if there is more than 1 registered operator of the vehicle and the address of each registered operator is outside Queensland—the suburb and road, or address of the road-related area, where the vehicle is normally kept. (2) The garage address of a vehicle that is normally kept at a place other than a road or road-related area when not in use is the place where the vehicle is normally kept.

6 Meaning of registered operator (1) In this regulation, registered operator— (a) of a vehicle—does not include a person in whose name the vehicle is registered under a corresponding law; and (b) for a dealer plate—is the person in whose name the dealer plate is currently registered. (2) To remove any doubt, it is declared that a person in whose name a dealer plate is equivalently registered is not the registered operator for the dealer plate for this regulation.