Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Road Safety Act 1986 - SECT 84BF

Cancellation of acceptance of statement

84BF. Cancellation of acceptance of statement



(1) An enforcement official may cancel the acceptance of a statement as an
effective statement for the purposes of this Part (including a statement taken
to have been accepted by force of section 84BE(7))-

   (a)  if in the case of a known user statement, a sold vehicle statement or
        a tolling nomination statement, the person nominated in the statement
        as being the responsible person gives to an enforcement official
        within the prescribed period a nomination rejection statement and the
        enforcement official is satisfied, having regard to the matters stated
        in the nomination rejection statement, that the nomination was
        incorrect; or

Note It is an offence to provide false or misleading information in a
statement: see section 84BI.

   (b)  if in the case of a statement not containing all the information
        required by section 84BE(2), the information contained in the
        statement proves not to be sufficient to identify or locate the
        nominated person; or

   (c)  in prescribed circumstances.

(2) If the acceptance of a statement as an effective statement is cancelled
under subsection (1), on that cancellation-

   (a)  the statement ceases to be an effective statement for the purposes of
        this Part; and

   (b)  the person who would, but for the statement, have continued to be the
        responsible person in relation to the motor vehicle or trailer (as the
        case requires) becomes again the responsible person.