(1) If a noncompliance notice has been attached to a bus and has not been removed in accordance with these regulations, the operator of the bus must not allow the bus to operate as a bus—
(a) after the expiry time of the notice; or
(b) if the operator knows the notice has been removed other than in accordance with these regulations.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) Paragraph (1) (b) ceases to apply to the bus in relation to the noncompliance notice if a police officer or authorised person directs that the notice be taken to have been removed under subregulation 48 (3).
Note Regulation 48 deals with the attachment and removal of noncompliance notices.