New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (VEHICLE REGISTRATION) ACT 1997 - SECT 22A

22A Operating interstate registered vehicles in New South Wales

(1) In this section and in section 22B:
"interstate registered vehicle" means a registrable vehicle that is not registered under this Act but is registered under any law in force in a State or Territory other than New South Wales.

(2) A corporation must not cause, permit or allow an interstate registered vehicle owned by the corporation to be used on a road or road related area in New South Wales.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.

(3) A corporation is not guilty of an offence under subsection (2) if the corporation satisfies the court:

(a) that the interstate registered vehicle had, at the date of the offence, been owned by the corporation for less than 90 days, or

(b) that, during the period of 90 days immediately before the date of the offence, the interstate registered vehicle was outside New South Wales for a continuous period of at least 48 hours, or

(c) if the corporation:

(i) conducts a business that includes the leasing or hiring out of registrable vehicles, and

(ii) is unable to satisfy the court that paragraph (b) applies in relation to the interstate registered vehicle,

that the vehicle was leased or hired out to the same person for the whole of the period of 90 days immediately before the date of the offence.

(4) A reference in this section to an interstate registered vehicle owned by a corporation includes a reference to an interstate registered vehicle that is under the control or management of the corporation.