Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Transport (Passenger Vehicles) Regulations 2005 - SECT 23

Inspection of vehicles operated by accredited persons

23. Inspection of vehicles operated by accredited persons



(1) The Safety Director or a person approved by the Safety Director may direct
an accredited person to produce for inspection by the Safety Director or a
licensed tester any public passenger vehicle operated by the accredited
person.

(2) An accredited person must comply with a direction given under
subregulation (1).

Penalty: 15 penalty units.

(3) If a person who inspects the vehicle finds that it does not comply with
any condition of accreditation, the person must serve a notice on the
accredited person requiring the accredited person to fix the matters set out
in the notice within a specified time.

(4) A notice under subregulation (3) must-

   (a)  include sufficient details to identify the vehicle to which it
        relates; and

   (b)  clearly set out the matters which must be fixed; and

   (c)  state a time and date after which the vehicle must not be operated
        unless the matter required to be fixed is fixed.

(5) If the accredited person who operates a vehicle subject to a notice given
under subregulation (3) does not fix the matters set out in the notice within
the time specified in the notice, the accredited person must not use, or allow
to be used, the vehicle to carry passengers for hire or reward until the
matters set out in the notice have been fixed.

Penalty: 20 penalty units.

(6) If inspection of a vehicle is required under subregulation (1), the Safety
Director may require the accredited person to provide to the Safety Director
evidence from the person who inspected the vehicle that the vehicle has been
inspected and the result of that inspection.

(7) The accredited person must, within 7 days of receiving it, provide the
evidence of the inspection required under subregulation (6) to the Safety
Director.

Penalty: 5 penalty units.