Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT REGULATIONS 1986 - REG 5D

         (1)   If a Registration Authority is reasonably satisfied that a motor vehicle has been driven in contravention of a road transport law, the Registration Authority may send to the owner of the motor vehicle a letter that sets out the effect of this regulation.

         (2)   A letter mentioned in subregulation (1) must include details of the contravention.

         (3)   For paragraph 13 (1) (b) of the Act, subregulation (4) applies if a letter has been sent to the owner of a motor vehicle under subregulation (1).

         (4)   The owner must cause the motor vehicle not to be driven in contravention of a road transport law more than 3 times (including the contravention for which the letter was sent) in the period of 3 years starting on the day of the contravention for which the letter was sent.

Note    A Registration Authority may, in accordance with these Regulations, suspend the registration of a vehicle for up to 3 months if the owner has not complied with subregulation (4) -- see section 11 of the Act and regulation 23A.

         (5)   For subregulation (4), each contravention may be of the same road transport law or of a different road transport law.

         (6)   In this regulation:

"motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle registered under the Act.

road transport law means a law of the Commonwealth or of a State that regulates any of the following:

                (a)    driving hours;

               (b)    driving speed;

                (c)    use of vehicle lights;

               (d)    safe distances between vehicles while driving;

                (e)    driving of vehicles within a lane on a road;

                (f)    obscuring or damaging of a registration plate.