MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 12B

MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 12B

12B—Exemption of certain vehicles from requirements of registration and insurance

        (1)         Subject to subsection (2), motor vehicles may be driven on roads without registration or insurance under Part 4 as follows:

            (a)         a motor vehicle may be driven for the purpose of taking measures for extinguishing or controlling a fire that is causing or threatening to cause loss of life or injury or damage to persons, animals or property;

            (b)         a motor vehicle may be driven on a wharf for the purpose of loading or unloading cargo;

            (c)         a self-propelled lawn mower may be driven for the purpose of mowing lawn or grass or to or from a place at which it is to be, or has been, used for that purpose.

        (2)         A motor vehicle must not be driven on roads without registration or insurance under Part 4 as authorised by subsection (1) unless there is in force a policy of public liability insurance indemnifying the owner and any authorised driver of the vehicle in an amount of at least five million dollars in relation to death or bodily injury caused by, or arising out of, the use of the vehicle on roads.

        (3)         A person who drives a motor vehicle on a road without registration or insurance under Part 4 as authorised by this section must, if requested by a police officer to do so, produce evidence of the person's public liability insurance either—

            (a)         forthwith to the police officer who made the request; or

            (b)         within 48 hours after the making of the request, at a police station conveniently located for the driver, specified by the police officer at the time of making the request.

Maximum penalty: $750.