ROAD TRANSPORT (SAFETY AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT) ACT 1999 - SECT 9 Sale etc of traffic offence evasion articles
ROAD TRANSPORT (SAFETY AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT) ACT 1999 - SECT 9
Sale etc of traffic offence evasion articles(1) A person must not sell, offer for sale, or buy a traffic offence evasion article.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) A person must not drive or park a vehicle on a road or road related area if a traffic offence evasion article is fitted to, applied to, or carried in the vehicle.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(3) The responsible person for a vehicle driven or parked on a road or road related area in contravention of subsection (2) commits an offence.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against this section if the defendant satisfies the court that the traffic offence evasion article was not designed as a traffic offence evasion article but was designed for a lawful purpose.
(5) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (2) or (3) if the defendant satisfies the court that, at the time of the offence—
(a) the vehicle was being taken to a place required by a police officer, the road transport authority or a court to surrender the traffic offence evasion article; or
(b) a notice issued under a regulation required the responsible person for the vehicle to remove the traffic offence evasion article from the vehicle within a stated time and that time had not ended; or
(c) the defendant did not know, and in the circumstances could not reasonably be expected to have known, the traffic offence evasion article was fitted to, applied to, or carried in the vehicle.