Victorian Consolidated Regulations

ROAD SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1999 - SECT 414

PART 4A NOTICE OF REASONABLE STEPS DEFENCE

Information to be provided regarding reasonable steps defence

414. Information to be provided regarding reasonable steps defence

A traffic infringement notice to which the reasonable steps defence applies
must be accompanied by a notice-

   (a)  advising the person to whom it is to be issued that that defence
        applies to the offence; and

   (b)  setting out a copy of sections 179 and 180 of the Act.

Note This regulation applies to the following offences under the
Road Safety Act 1986-

   (a)  a breach of section 174 or 175 where the vehicle is in breach of a
        mass limit that is a substantial risk breach, so far as the reasonable
        steps defence relates to reliance on the weight stated in a container
        weight declaration; and

   (b)  a breach of section 184, 185 or 186. __________________