ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) ACT 1999 - SECT 8 Rights, liabilities and obligations of multiple responsible persons
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ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) ACT 1999 - SECT 8
Rights, liabilities and obligations of multiple responsible persons8 Rights, liabilities and obligations of multiple responsible persons
(1) Subject to any regulations made under subsection (2), if more than one person is the responsible person for a vehicle at any one time, a reference in any relevant legislation to the responsible person for a vehicle within the meaning of this Act or any other road transport legislation is taken to include a reference to each person who is a responsible person for such a vehicle.
(2) The regulations may provide for the determination of the respective rights, liabilities and obligations of each responsible person for a vehicle under any relevant legislation, but only with the concurrence of the Minister administering the relevant legislation.
(3) In this section:
"relevant legislation" means:(a) a provision of the road transport legislation, or(b) a provision of any other Act (or a provision of a regulation made under any such Act) concerned with the responsible person for a vehicle within the meaning of this Act or any other road transport legislation.