Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) ACT 1999 (NO. 77 OF 1999) - SECT 159

(1)     For this Part, the owner of a motor vehicle is—

        (a)     if the vehicle is registered—each of the following:

              (i)     a registered operator of the vehicle, unless the operator has sold the vehicle, or the person's interest in the vehicle, or ceased to have possession of it;

              (ii)     anyone else who is a sole or joint owner of the vehicle, unless the person has sold the vehicle, or the person's interest in the vehicle, or ceased to have possession of it;

              (iii)     if a registered operator or sole or joint owner of the vehicle has sold the vehicle, or the person's interest in the vehicle, or ceased to have possession of it—anyone who solely or jointly, or in common with anyone else, is entitled to immediate possession of the vehicle; or

        (b)     if the vehicle is unregistered—each person who solely or jointly, or in common with anyone else, is entitled to immediate possession of the vehicle; or

        (c)     if the motor vehicle has a trader's plate attached—the person (or each person) to whom the trader's plate was issued.

(2)     For subsection (1), a person is taken not to have ceased to have possession (or not to have acquired possession) of a motor vehicle if a change in possession happens by way of—

        (a)     any hiring (other than a hiring under a hire-purchase agreement) or lending of the vehicle for not longer than 3 months; or

        (b)     the passing of possession of the vehicle to a bailee—

              (i)     for sale or disposal; or

              (ii)     for alteration, repair, renovation, storing, or a similar purpose not involving the use of the vehicle for the bailee's benefit.