ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION REGULATIONS 2021 (SR NO 47 OF 2021) - REG 156 Authority may require motor vehicle to be tested

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION REGULATIONS 2021 (SR NO 47 OF 2021) - REG 156

    (1)     For the purposes of ensuring a motor vehicle complies with the requirements of this Part in relation to emissions from motor vehicles, the Authority, by written notice given to the registered owner or the person apparently in lawful possession of the motor vehicle may require that person—

        (a)     to deliver the motor vehicle to which the notice applies to an approved motor vehicle tester to determine whether the motor vehicle complies with the regulations specified in the notice; and

        (b)     to obtain a certificate of compliance from the approved motor vehicle tester; and

        (c)     to give the certificate of compliance to the Authority before the date specified in the notice.

    (2)     A person must not contravene a vehicle testing notice given by the Authority under subregulation (1).

Penalty:     60 penalty units for a natural person;

300 penalty units for a body corporate.

Note

An infringement notice may be served for an offence against this regulation—see regulation 169 and Schedule 10.

    (3)     Despite subregulations (1) and (2), a person who receives a vehicle testing notice does not contravene that notice if the person advises the Authority in writing before the date specified in the notice for compliance with the notice that the vehicle will not be used on a highway after that date.

Note

Section 463 of the Act makes it an offence to provide information or make a statement to the Authority that is false or misleading in a material particular.