ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1961 - SECT 110C
ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1961 - SECT 110C
(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.