New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIRS ACT 1980 - SECT 75B

75B Production of records

(1) For the purpose of ascertaining whether a person is contravening or has contravened this Act or the regulations, or Part 2AA of the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997 or the regulations made under that Part, an inspector may, orally or by instrument in writing, require the person to produce specified records, or records of a specified class or description, to a specified inspector at a specified time or within a specified period.

(2) If an inspector requires production under this section of a record that is not in writing, or is not written in the English language, or is not decipherable on sight, the requirement to produce the record is taken to be a requirement to produce, in addition to the record if it is in writing, or instead of a record if it is not in writing, a statement written in the English language and decipherable on sight, containing the whole of the information in the record.

(3) An inspector may inspect and take notes, copies and extracts of or from any record or statement produced under this section.

(4) For the purpose of searching for, or obtaining information concerning, stolen motor vehicles and stolen motor vehicle parts or accessories, a police officer has the powers of an inspector under this section.

(5) A person must not refuse or fail to produce any record or statement in accordance with a requirement made under this section.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(6) Nothing in this section limits the operation of section 75.