Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Regulations Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) A person must not remove, alter, damage or deface a defect tag attached to an appliance.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the removal of a defect tag by the person who attached it to the appliance, or by an inspector, if the person or inspector believes on reasonable grounds that the appliance is safe.
(3) An inspector who removes a defect tag under subsection (2) must, as soon as practicable, tell the person who attached the tag about the removal.
(4) Also, subsection (1) does not apply to a person who has a reasonable excuse for removing, altering, damaging or defacing the tag.
Example of reasonable excuse
removing a tag from an appliance to use the appliance as scrap
Note An example is part of the regulation, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).
(5) An offence against this section is a strict liability
offence.