(1) If a noncompliance notice has been attached to a hire vehicle and has not been removed in accordance with these regulations, a person must not operate the hire vehicle as a hire vehicle—
(a) after the expiry time of the notice; or
(b) if the person knows the notice has been removed otherwise than in accordance with these regulations.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
Note Regulation 32 deals with the attachment and removal of noncompliance notices.
(2) Paragraph (1) (b) ceases to apply to the hire vehicle in relation to the noncompliance notice if a police officer or authorised person directs in writing that the notice be taken to have been removed under subregulation 32 (3).