MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 47D
MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 47D
47D—Offences in connection with number plates
(a)
drive on a road, or cause to stand on a road, a motor vehicle to which is
attached a number plate that bears a number other than a number allotted to
the vehicle; or
(b)
drive on a road, or cause to stand on a road, a motor vehicle to which is
attached a number plate that has been altered, defaced, mutilated or added to;
or
(c)
drive on a road, or cause to stand on a road, a motor vehicle to which is
attached a colourable imitation of a number plate; or
(d)
without lawful excuse, have in the person's possession a number plate or an
article resembling a number plate that is liable to be mistaken for a number
plate.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
(2) If a motor vehicle
is driven, or caused to stand, on a road in contravention of
subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c), the registered owner and the registered
operator of the vehicle are each guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
(3) It is a defence to
a charge of an offence against subsection (2) to prove that, in
consequence of some unlawful act, the vehicle was not in the possession or
control of the defendant at the time it was driven or left standing on the
road.