Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) In this Part:
"appropriate place" means a place specified in an infringement notice:
(a) for paying a penalty; or
(b) for lodging a statutory declaration,
as the context requires.
"infringement notice" means a parking infringement notice or traffic infringement notice.
"new owner" has the same meaning as in section 5(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act .
notice of disposal has the same meaning as in section 20 of the Motor Vehicles Act .
"offence" means:
(a) a parking infringement; or
(b) an offence or alleged offence against a law of the Territory that is one of a kind specified in a short form in column 1 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
"offender" means:
(a) a person who an officer or a member of the Police Force reasonably believes has committed an offence; or
(b) if an offence is detected by a traffic infringement detection device – the owner of the vehicle allegedly used to commit the offence.
"owner", of a vehicle, includes:
(a) the person shown as the registered owner or, if the vehicle registration has expired, the last registered owner under the Motor Vehicles Act (or corresponding law in another jurisdiction) or in a national register; and
(b) if the vehicle has a trader's plate within the meaning of section 34 of the Motor Vehicles Act attached to it – the person licensed under that Act to use the plate.
"parking infringement" means a contravention of a provision of Part 12 of the Australian Road Rules .
"parking infringement notice" means a notice under Division 3.
"penalty" includes an amount payable in pursuance of a traffic infringement notice or parking infringement notice.
"place of business" means a place where the owner of a vehicle carries on business, including the business of government, and in the case of a corporation includes a registered address.
"place of residence", in relation to a person, means the last known place of residence for the person.
"postal address", in relation to a person, means the last known postal address for the person.
"traffic infringement notice" means a traffic infringement notice issued under Division 2.
(2) For the purposes of the definition of "owner", if more than one person is shown as the registered owner or last registered owner under paragraph (a) of the definition, the first person named is to be taken to be the registered owner or last registered owner as the case may be.