❓ A WA parliamentary question asks about the circumstances in which a motor vehicle can be driven without numberplates. The Minister for Transport provides exceptions under the Road Traffic Act 1974 and other specific scenarios.
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(1) Are there any circumstances in which a motor vehicle can be driven without numberplates fitted? (2) What are those circumstances? (3) If no to (1), what are the penalties for driving without numberplates fitted? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN
(1) Are there any circumstances in which a motor vehicle can be driven without numberplates fitted? (2) What are those circumstances? (3) If no to (1), what are the penalties for driving without numberplates fitted? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question and the insight it provides into some of his hobbies. Hon Ken Travers : No, you don’t want to go there! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : That is probably sufficient. (1) Yes. (2) Section 26 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 provides a mechanism by which the director general can issue a permit for the driving of vehicles that are not licensed—for example, taking an unlicensed vehicle to an inspection centre so that it can be inspected and licensed. Furthermore, vehicles can be driven on a road that is not a gazetted road—for example, on private property—or where a road has been officially closed, such as in a car rally or a Christmas pageant. (3) Not applicable.
(2) What are those circumstances? (3) If no to (1), what are the penalties for driving without numberplates fitted? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question and the insight it provides into some of his hobbies. Hon Ken Travers : No, you don’t want to go there! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : That is probably sufficient. (1) Yes. (2) Section 26 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 provides a mechanism by which the director general can issue a permit for the driving of vehicles that are not licensed—for example, taking an unlicensed vehicle to an inspection centre so that it can be inspected and licensed. Furthermore, vehicles can be driven on a road that is not a gazetted road—for example, on private property—or where a road has been officially closed, such as in a car rally or a Christmas pageant. (3) Not applicable.
(3) If no to (1), what are the penalties for driving without numberplates fitted? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question and the insight it provides into some of his hobbies. Hon Ken Travers : No, you don’t want to go there! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : That is probably sufficient. (1) Yes. (2) Section 26 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 provides a mechanism by which the director general can issue a permit for the driving of vehicles that are not licensed—for example, taking an unlicensed vehicle to an inspection centre so that it can be inspected and licensed. Furthermore, vehicles can be driven on a road that is not a gazetted road—for example, on private property—or where a road has been officially closed, such as in a car rally or a Christmas pageant. (3) Not applicable.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question and the insight it provides into some of his hobbies. Hon Ken Travers : No, you don’t want to go there! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : That is probably sufficient. (1) Yes. (2) Section 26 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 provides a mechanism by which the director general can issue a permit for the driving of vehicles that are not licensed—for example, taking an unlicensed vehicle to an inspection centre so that it can be inspected and licensed. Furthermore, vehicles can be driven on a road that is not a gazetted road—for example, on private property—or where a road has been officially closed, such as in a car rally or a Christmas pageant. (3) Not applicable.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question and the insight it provides into some of his hobbies. Hon Ken Travers : No, you don’t want to go there! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : That is probably sufficient. (1) Yes. (2) Section 26 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 provides a mechanism by which the director general can issue a permit for the driving of vehicles that are not licensed—for example, taking an unlicensed vehicle to an inspection centre so that it can be inspected and licensed. Furthermore, vehicles can be driven on a road that is not a gazetted road—for example, on private property—or where a road has been officially closed, such as in a car rally or a Christmas pageant. (3) Not applicable.
Hon Ken Travers : No, you don’t want to go there! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : That is probably sufficient. (1) Yes. (2) Section 26 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 provides a mechanism by which the director general can issue a permit for the driving of vehicles that are not licensed—for example, taking an unlicensed vehicle to an inspection centre so that it can be inspected and licensed. Furthermore, vehicles can be driven on a road that is not a gazetted road—for example, on private property—or where a road has been officially closed, such as in a car rally or a Christmas pageant. (3) Not applicable.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : That is probably sufficient. (1) Yes. (2) Section 26 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 provides a mechanism by which the director general can issue a permit for the driving of vehicles that are not licensed—for example, taking an unlicensed vehicle to an inspection centre so that it can be inspected and licensed. Furthermore, vehicles can be driven on a road that is not a gazetted road—for example, on private property—or where a road has been officially closed, such as in a car rally or a Christmas pageant. (3) Not applicable.
(1) Yes. (2) Section 26 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 provides a mechanism by which the director general can issue a permit for the driving of vehicles that are not licensed—for example, taking an unlicensed vehicle to an inspection centre so that it can be inspected and licensed. Furthermore, vehicles can be driven on a road that is not a gazetted road—for example, on private property—or where a road has been officially closed, such as in a car rally or a Christmas pageant. (3) Not applicable.
(2) Section 26 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 provides a mechanism by which the director general can issue a permit for the driving of vehicles that are not licensed—for example, taking an unlicensed vehicle to an inspection centre so that it can be inspected and licensed. Furthermore, vehicles can be driven on a road that is not a gazetted road—for example, on private property—or where a road has been officially closed, such as in a car rally or a Christmas pageant. (3) Not applicable.
(3) Not applicable.
(2) What are those circumstances? (3) If no to (1), what are the penalties for driving without numberplates fitted? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question and the insight it provides into some of his hobbies. Hon Ken Travers : No, you don’t want to go there! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : That is probably sufficient. (1) Yes. (2) Section 26 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 provides a mechanism by which the director general can issue a permit for the driving of vehicles that are not licensed—for example, taking an unlicensed vehicle to an inspection centre so that it can be inspected and licensed. Furthermore, vehicles can be driven on a road that is not a gazetted road—for example, on private property—or where a road has been officially closed, such as in a car rally or a Christmas pageant. (3) Not applicable.
(3) If no to (1), what are the penalties for driving without numberplates fitted? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question and the insight it provides into some of his hobbies. Hon Ken Travers : No, you don’t want to go there! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : That is probably sufficient. (1) Yes. (2) Section 26 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 provides a mechanism by which the director general can issue a permit for the driving of vehicles that are not licensed—for example, taking an unlicensed vehicle to an inspection centre so that it can be inspected and licensed. Furthermore, vehicles can be driven on a road that is not a gazetted road—for example, on private property—or where a road has been officially closed, such as in a car rally or a Christmas pageant. (3) Not applicable.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question and the insight it provides into some of his hobbies. Hon Ken Travers : No, you don’t want to go there! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : That is probably sufficient. (1) Yes. (2) Section 26 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 provides a mechanism by which the director general can issue a permit for the driving of vehicles that are not licensed—for example, taking an unlicensed vehicle to an inspection centre so that it can be inspected and licensed. Furthermore, vehicles can be driven on a road that is not a gazetted road—for example, on private property—or where a road has been officially closed, such as in a car rally or a Christmas pageant. (3) Not applicable.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question and the insight it provides into some of his hobbies. Hon Ken Travers : No, you don’t want to go there! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : That is probably sufficient. (1) Yes. (2) Section 26 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 provides a mechanism by which the director general can issue a permit for the driving of vehicles that are not licensed—for example, taking an unlicensed vehicle to an inspection centre so that it can be inspected and licensed. Furthermore, vehicles can be driven on a road that is not a gazetted road—for example, on private property—or where a road has been officially closed, such as in a car rally or a Christmas pageant. (3) Not applicable.
Hon Ken Travers : No, you don’t want to go there! Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : That is probably sufficient. (1) Yes. (2) Section 26 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 provides a mechanism by which the director general can issue a permit for the driving of vehicles that are not licensed—for example, taking an unlicensed vehicle to an inspection centre so that it can be inspected and licensed. Furthermore, vehicles can be driven on a road that is not a gazetted road—for example, on private property—or where a road has been officially closed, such as in a car rally or a Christmas pageant. (3) Not applicable.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : That is probably sufficient. (1) Yes. (2) Section 26 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 provides a mechanism by which the director general can issue a permit for the driving of vehicles that are not licensed—for example, taking an unlicensed vehicle to an inspection centre so that it can be inspected and licensed. Furthermore, vehicles can be driven on a road that is not a gazetted road—for example, on private property—or where a road has been officially closed, such as in a car rally or a Christmas pageant. (3) Not applicable.
(1) Yes. (2) Section 26 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 provides a mechanism by which the director general can issue a permit for the driving of vehicles that are not licensed—for example, taking an unlicensed vehicle to an inspection centre so that it can be inspected and licensed. Furthermore, vehicles can be driven on a road that is not a gazetted road—for example, on private property—or where a road has been officially closed, such as in a car rally or a Christmas pageant. (3) Not applicable.
(2) Section 26 of the Road Traffic Act 1974 provides a mechanism by which the director general can issue a permit for the driving of vehicles that are not licensed—for example, taking an unlicensed vehicle to an inspection centre so that it can be inspected and licensed. Furthermore, vehicles can be driven on a road that is not a gazetted road—for example, on private property—or where a road has been officially closed, such as in a car rally or a Christmas pageant. (3) Not applicable.
(3) Not applicable.
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