Where a vehicle is jointly owned ALL owners must nominate an eligible individual to be the owner/licence holder for the purposes of the Road Traffic Act 1974. Currently owners nominate a person to be the ‘Responsible person’ for the vehicle. As of 1 January 2006 there will be NO provisions to nominate another person to be the licence holder of a vehicle unless that person is also joint owner of that vehicle.

Nomination of an owner/licence holder

A vehicle cannot be licensed in the name of more than one person at a particular time. Where a vehicle is jointly owned ALL owners must complete and sign a Change in Nominated/Joint Owners form (MR 192) to nominate an eligible individual to be the owner/licence holder.

The nominated owner/licence holder will be recorded by the Department as the person responsible for the vehicle licence. An individual may NOT be nominated as the owner/licence holder of a vehicle unless that individual is also a joint owner of the vehicle.

The nominated owner/licence holder must be made aware of the impending obligations relating to responsible person provisions being introduced on 1 January 2006.

These provisions will obligate an owner/licence holder to be held responsible to be able identify any driver of the vehicle at the time an offence was committed. Where the owner/licence holder is not able to identify the driver at the time of offence the owner/licence holder will be held responsible for the penalty and any demerit points relating to the offence.

Change of nominated owner/licence holder

Where a nominated owner/licence holder wishes to cancel the nomination and change it to another joint owner, ALL joint owners of the vehicle must complete and sign a Change in Nominated/Joint Owner form (MR192). The current nominated owner/licence holder must continue to be a joint owner of the vehicle i.e. their details are to remain on the vehicle record as a joint owner.

Removal of an owner/licence holder

Where a vehicle is jointly owned and the nominated owner/licence holder applies to cancel the nomination and the new owner/licence holder is NOT currently also a joint owner of the vehicle the vehicle must be transferred to that new nominated owner/licence holder. As the previous nominated owner/licence holder is no longer an owner of the vehicle a change in beneficial ownership would have occurred, therefore demanding the payment of relevant transfer and stamp duty fees.

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