Rego problem - police took number plates

[mattcosa]

Hey there - need some advice or comments;
The old man is coming home one night and a cop pulls him over, random breath test.

Now the old guy is 54, not snappy guy, happy to help - even though its 10pm at night, and he's been up since 6am concreting finishing the job because people want it done before Christmas.

First of all he runs the number plates (that’s all cool), then tells him "you haven’t paid the rego and I'm confiscating the number plates, you cannot drive this vehicle". After explaining it was paid, because he had no receipt the cop then gets a screwdriver out, pulls off both number plates and says here’s a $600 fine.

Now he cannot drive his truck (carrying all the equipment for work) which pretty much means he can’t work.

FFS – seriously, now he has to borrow a car and go and hire a trailer (at his expense) to go to work because F’n VicRoads can’t get it F’n right. Jobs got to be done before COB Christmas.

Who here carries a receipt for their rego in their car?

And what kind of right’s does he have here?