South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT AND REPEAL (SIMPLIFY) ACT 2017 (NO 7 OF 2017) - SECT 77

77—Amendment of section 9—Duty to register

        (1)         Section 9(1a)—delete subsection (1a) and substitute:

        (1a)         However, subsection (1) does not apply to a person who drives a motor vehicle, or causes a motor vehicle to stand, if the person proves that the person—

            (a)         drove the motor vehicle, or caused the motor vehicle to stand, in prescribed circumstances; and

            (b)         did not know that the motor vehicle was unregistered.

        (2)         Section 9(1c) and (2)—delete subsections (1c) and (2) and substitute:

        (1c)         It is a defence to a charge of an offence against subsection (1) if the defendant was not a registered owner or the registered operator of the vehicle and the defendant proves that the defendant did not know, and could not reasonably be expected to have known, that the vehicle was unregistered.