ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1961 - SECT 173A

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1961 - SECT 173A

173A—Defence relating to registered owner or operator

        (1)         In proceedings for an offence against this Act in which a person is charged as a registered owner of a vehicle, it is a defence if the person proves—

            (a)         that before the relevant time the ownership of the vehicle had been transferred to some other specified person; or

            (b)         that the person was wrongly registered or recorded as an owner of the vehicle.

        (2)         In proceedings for an offence against this Act in which a person is charged as the registered operator of a vehicle, it is a defence if the person proves that at the relevant time the person was not principally responsible for the operation or use of the vehicle.