ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 2013 - SECT 181 Double jeopardy

ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 2013 - SECT 181

181 Double jeopardy

(cf Gen Act, s 177)

(1) A person may be punished only once in relation to the same failure to comply with a particular provision of the road transport legislation, even if the person is liable in more than one capacity.

(2) Despite subsection (1), a person may be punished for more than one breach of a requirement where the breaches relate to different parts of the same vehicle or combination.