Victorian Numbered Acts

ZERO AND LOW EMISSION VEHICLE DISTANCE-BASED CHARGE ACT 2021 (NO. 18 OF 2021) - SECT 11

    (1)     Subject to subsection (2), the registered operator of a ZLEV must lodge a declaration in respect of the ZLEV on or before the earliest of—

        (a)     if the Secretary gives the registered operator a notice under section 12 , the day specified in the notice; or

        (b)     14 days after the last day of the current registration period of the ZLEV; or

        (c)     the day on which the ZLEV's registration is transferred to another person or cancelled.

    (2)     If, under section 13, the Secretary extends the period for lodgement of a declaration, the registered operator must lodge the declaration by the end of the period as extended.

    (3)     A declaration under this section must be in the form approved by the Secretary and must—

        (a)     set out the odometer reading of the ZLEV as at the time the declaration is lodged or, if that is not available, a statement of the total distance travelled by the ZLEV since the previous declaration; and

Note

It is an offence under section 38 of the Motor Car Traders Act 1986 to tamper with an odometer.

        (b)     set out the distance, if any, travelled by the ZLEV since the previous declaration that was not on specified roads; and

        (c)     include evidence of the matters in paragraphs (a) and (b); and

Note

This evidence must be retained by the registered operator for 5 years—see section 63.

        (d)     include any other information required by the Secretary.

    (4)     The regulations may prescribe the types of evidence for the purposes of subsection (3)(c).