South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts39—Restriction on transacting business with Registrar of Motor Vehicles
(1) The Chief Recovery
Officer may, by written determination, impose a prohibition on a debtor or
alleged offender transacting any business with the Registrar of Motor
Vehicles.
(2) The Chief Recovery
Officer must—
(a)
cause notice of the written determination under subsection (1) to be
given to the debtor or alleged offender; and
(b)
notify the Registrar of Motor Vehicles of the determination.
(3) A prohibition
under this section—
(a)
takes effect on the Registrar of Motor Vehicles being notified under
subsection (2); and
(b) may
be cancelled by the Chief Recovery Officer by written determination (provided
that the Chief Recovery Officer must make such a written determination if all
monetary amounts owed by the debtor or alleged offender are paid in full).
(4) If the Chief
Recovery Officer makes a determination under subsection (3)(b)—
(a) the
Chief Recovery Officer must notify the Registrar of Motor Vehicles of the
determination; and
(b) the
prohibition continues in operation until the Registrar of Motor Vehicles is so
notified.
(5) The effect of a
prohibition under this section is that, while the prohibition continues in
operation, the Registrar of Motor Vehicles will not process any application
made by or on behalf of the debtor or alleged offender, whether the
application was made before or after the prohibition took effect.
(6) However,
subsection (5) does not apply in relation to an application to transfer
the registration of a vehicle of which the debtor or alleged offender is a
registered owner—
(a) to a
person who is not a joint registered owner of the vehicle; or
(b) to a
person where the transfer has been ordered by a court.
(7) If the Chief
Recovery Officer makes a determination under this section, a fee of the
prescribed amount is added to and forms part of the monetary amount owed by
the debtor or alleged offender.