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ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1961 - SECT 110C

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1961 - SECT 110C

110C—Offences

        (1)         A person who manufactures a motor vehicle or trailer that does not bear a vehicle identification plate for that motor vehicle or trailer is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $2 500.

        (2)         A person who sells or offers for sale for use on roads a motor vehicle or trailer that does not bear a vehicle identification plate for that motor vehicle or trailer is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty:

In the case of an offence committed in the course of trade or business—$2 500;

In any other case—$1 250;

        (3)         A person must not, except as permitted by the regulations, drive a motor vehicle or trailer that does not bear a vehicle identification plate for that motor vehicle or trailer.

Maximum penalty: $1 250.

        (4)         Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply in relation to a motor vehicle or trailer if the Australian Design Rules applicable to the vehicle or trailer at the time of its manufacture did not require it to bear a vehicle identification plate.

        (5)         A person must not place on a motor vehicle or trailer a plate that could be taken to be a vehicle identification plate approved or authorised for placement on that motor vehicle or trailer by—

            (a)         the Commonwealth Minister under the Commonwealth Act; or

            (b)         an authorised officer under the regulations; or

            (c)         an approved authority under a law of another State,

knowing that it is not such a vehicle identification plate.

Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

        (6)         A person must not place on a motor vehicle or trailer a number that could be taken to be a vehicle identification number allotted to that motor vehicle or trailer by—

            (a)         the manufacturer of that motor vehicle or trailer; or

            (b)         an authorised officer under the regulations; or

            (c)         an approved authority under a law of another State,

knowing that it is not such a vehicle identification number.

Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

        (7)         An authorised officer may remove from a motor vehicle or trailer a plate or number that the officer reasonably suspects has been placed on the motor vehicle or trailer in contravention of subsection (5) or (6).

        (8)         A person must not, except in circumstances prescribed by regulation, remove, alter, deface or obliterate a vehicle identification plate or vehicle identification number lawfully placed on a motor vehicle or trailer.

Maximum penalty: $5 000 or imprisonment for 12 months.

        (9)         A person must not, without the approval of the Minister, manufacture or sell or offer for sale a vehicle identification plate.

Maximum penalty: $5 000 or imprisonment for 12 months.

        (10)         A person must not, without reasonable excuse, be in possession of a vehicle identification plate.

Maximum penalty: $2 500 or imprisonment for 6 months.

        (11)         A person must not—

            (a)         place on the engine block of a motor vehicle a number other than the engine number allotted to the engine of that motor vehicle by—

                  (i)         the manufacturer of the engine; or

                  (ii)         an authorised officer under the regulations; or

                  (iii)         an approved authority under a law of another State; or

            (b)         without reasonable excuse, remove, alter, deface or obliterate an engine number lawfully placed on the engine block of a motor vehicle.

Maximum penalty: $5 000 or imprisonment for 12 months.

        (12)         A person must not—

            (a)         place on the chassis of a motor vehicle or trailer a number other than the chassis number allotted to the chassis of that motor vehicle or trailer (as the case requires) by the manufacturer of the chassis; or

            (b)         without reasonable excuse, remove, alter, deface or obliterate a chassis number lawfully placed on the chassis of a motor vehicle or trailer.

Maximum penalty: $5 000 or imprisonment for 12 months.