New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RECREATION VEHICLES ACT 1983 - SECT 35

35 Registered owners to identify drivers of registered motor vehicles

(1) Where a member of the police force suspects or believes that an offence against this Act or the regulations has been committed at any time in relation to a motor vehicle, the member may direct the owner of the motor vehicle to furnish the member with the name and address of the person who was the driver of the motor vehicle at that time.

(2) The owner of a motor vehicle shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a direction given to the owner pursuant to subsection (1).

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

(3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), a reference to the owner of a motor vehicle includes, where the motor vehicle is registered under this Act or the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997 , a reference to the registered owner of the motor vehicle.