Current licence label not affixed in prescribed manner

[TimeOut]

well here's some fun facts to keep the rest legally out of trouble.
It is illegal to have your old vehicles licences in the pocket thing as so many tend to do

Even better the same applies to road user charges so within one km you can go from being legal to illegal.

So on a Motorway are you supposed to pull over and change it.

[Scuba_Steve]

Even better the same applies to road user charges so within one km you can from being legal to illegal.

So on a Motorway are you supposed to pull over and change it.

haha didn't see that, might have to try it. When you see that diesel van swerving all over the motorway with the driver lent over to the passenger side, that's just me complying with the law

[MSTRS:Me]

ah point, yea then ya fucked. Guess it's just a good thing the Govt don't go trolling for that... yet

Ah...they might. Local authorities certainly do. At least in some areas.

There are 2 main 'offences' to do with rego...
1. Failure to display (this is the one that parking nazis will apply, and you can't get out of it - either it was there to be seen or or wasn't)
2. Operates a vehicle without a current rego (this one is applied by the rozzers in a roadside chat and may be waived if you get it up to date within x days)

[sgtp]

Our car didnt have a rego displayed at all and got the same ticket. We just photocopied the tag and reciept when it was purchased and sent it in and all was forgiven. You'll be ok

[caspernz]

Even better the same applies to road user charges so within one km you can go from being legal to illegal.

So on a Motorway are you supposed to pull over and change it.

Oh are we being just a tad dramatic? For years we've always put the latest RUC tag in the window holder, regardless of whether the hub has reached the start of the new tag. Technically in breach of the law, but you can't buy gap licences nowadays, so the god squad aren't worried about it.

Same goes for the rego tag, as long as you're current, no probs. The new one arrives and it goes in the window holder, two weeks before its due, so what? Continuously licenced, end of story.

Write your letter and you'll be fine.

[bikaholic]

Even better the same applies to road user charges so within one km you can go from being legal to illegal.

So on a Motorway are you supposed to pull over and change it.

Would it be the same people who can't be arsed to check their rego, can't be arsed to check their WOF, can't be arsed to check their RUCs will complete their journey, be the same people who can't be arsed to stop at stop signs, can't be arsed to look for motorcyclists ?
SMIDGAF's ( sorry mate I don't give a fuck).

[Gremlin]

1. Failure to display (this is the one that parking nazis will apply, and you can't get out of it - either it was there to be seen or or wasn't)

Or the lazy arsed parking nazi couldn't be bothered finding it, so ticketed you anyway (when it was on display and current). I refused to even write a letter, as I didn't believe I should waste my time on their incompetence, but sent them a photo of the back of the bike (with the label visible).

Remember (for the other posts) Failure to display is regardless of whether it's up to date or not.

[caspernz]

Remember (for the other posts) Failure to display is regardless of whether it's up to date or not.

Correct, and yet when it comes to spirit of the law and letter of the law, if you're current common sense prevails in the real world.

[Subike]

The requirement is to "Display current Registration label" ... end of story.

Oh ... YES THEY CAN ticket you ...

You were told wrong ...

A current registration label, is on a bike attached to the rear, on a car, truck bus, it is attached to the front and the rear.
It is called a Registration Number Plate.
The Current Motor Vehicle License to use the vehicle on the road, is what you must display in a visible place on a bike
Or on the inside left hand lower corner of the windshield in a vehicle....
It is an offense to operate any vehicle without a current motor vehicle license,
Any vehicle that Has a Vehicle Registration Plate, fixed to it, must display a current WOF AND a current motor vehicle license, to be used on the road legally.
That includes being parked on the side of the road outside you house, place of work, or a repair shop.

[FJRider]

Correct, and yet when it comes to spirit of the law and letter of the law, if you're current common sense prevails in the real world.

I suspect the regulation was written , so some authorities with no police computer access (such as traffic wardens) could check/ticket you for having no rego label displayed .... a money spinner for councils everywhere ...

[bikaholic]

I suspect the regulation was written , so some authorities with no police computer access (such as traffic wardens) could check/ticket you for having no rego label displayed .... a money spinner for councils everywhere ...

Some of the so called information brochures, and the road code, don't exactly stick to the Act(s), and are not a defence to infringements.

[Laava]

Interesting that the cops don't give a flying about whether you display or not. I have been pulled over several times on my current bike where the rego and wof is under the seat, and never even come up in conversation. They don't care. Ironically the people that do care are not doing so from a safety perspective, they are just money grubbing cunce. With a capitol C.

[Bassmatt]

Would it be the same people who can't be arsed to check their rego, can't be arsed to check their WOF, can't be arsed to check their RUCs will complete their journey, be the same people who can't be arsed to stop at stop signs, can't be arsed to look for motorcyclists ?
SMIDGAF's ( sorry mate I don't give a fuck).

No. I regularly go several thousand ks over my RUCs as I always forget about it, but always stop at stop signs
Don't really see what the problem is they get the money in the end.

[spanner spinner]

you must be very nice to the police when stoped because they will ticket you for having the rego & warrent under the seat even if it current or not. the ticket is for failing to display, and you can even get this for having the rego & warrent in a hard to see place ie stuck to the back of the number plate and then covered in chain lube or even down on the swing arm if obscured by footrest hangers.

[Gremlin]

the ticket is for failing to display, and you can even get this for having the rego & warrent in a hard to see place ie stuck to the back of the number plate and then covered in chain lube or even down on the swing arm if obscured by footrest hangers.

Actually, I don't believe you're correct. The term is something like "must be displayed as near to the license plate as is practicable".

There is no mention of how clean it should be and fixed to the back of the plate is perfectly reasonable. If they want to ticket you, then they should make the effort to check they are correct. This shouldn't be a country of guilty until proven innocent.