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ROAD TRANSPORT (HIRE VEHICLE SERVICES) REGULATIONS 2000 (2000 NO 4) - REG 31

Power to require vehicles or equipment to be inspected and tested (NSW s 42 (5) (b), sch 1 cl 6)

(1)      A police officer or authorised person may, by written notice given to the responsible person for a vehicle that is a hire vehicle or that the police officer or authorised person believes on reasonable grounds is operating, or has operated, as a hire vehicle, require the person to have the vehicle and its equipment and fittings (or stated equipment) inspected or tested.

(2)      The notice may require any of the following:

        (a)     the inspection and testing to be carried out within or at a stated reasonable time;

        (b)     the inspection and testing to be carried out by or in the presence of a police officer, an authorised person or anyone else;

        (c)     the inspection and testing to be carried out at a stated reasonable place;

        (d)     a report of the inspection and testing to be given to a police officer or authorised person within a stated reasonable time;

        (e)     anything else reasonably necessary or convenient for the inspection and testing.

(3)      A person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a notice given to the person under this regulation.

Maximum penalty (for subsection (3)): 20 penalty units.



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