New South Wales Consolidated Acts

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

22B Direction to provide documents relating to use of interstate registered vehicles

(1) If the Authority or a police officer is of the opinion that an interstate registered vehicle is being used for any business or commercial purposes in New South Wales, the Authority or officer may, for the purposes of ascertaining whether section 22A (2) has or is being contravened, direct a person to provide the Authority or officer with such documents relating to the use of the vehicle as are in the control or possession of the person.

(2) A person must not fail to comply with a direction under subsection (1).

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units in the case of a corporation or 20 penalty units in any other case.

(3) A direction under subsection (1):

(a) must be in writing, and

(b) must specify the time and manner for complying with the direction, and

(c) may relate to a particular class of documents that are in the control or possession of the person to whom the direction is given.