Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01033:reg:7:p36
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01033
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 7 (pt 36/46)
Character Range: 315758–318252

is a person authorised to collect the charge.
 (3) The warden, ranger, person authorised to collect the charge or Director must give a receipt to a person who pays a charge under subregulation (1) for the amount paid by the person.
 (3A) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the Director has determined a charge for a vehicle for entering or using a Commonwealth reserve or part of a Commonwealth reserve; and
 (b) the person drives a vehicle into or in the Commonwealth reserve or the part of the Commonwealth reserve; and
 (c) the person does not clearly display in the vehicle evidence of payment of the charge.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
 (4) Subregulation (1) does not apply in a jointly managed reserve to a member or officer of a land council for indigenous people's land, in the part of the reserve where the activity occurs, who is performing his or her duties as a member or officer.
 (5) The Director may authorise, in writing, a person performing duties at a specified reserve to:
 (a) collect fees or charges in relation to the reserve; and
 (b) ask a person to comply with subregulation (1).
 (6) An offence against subregulation (1) or (3A) is an offence of strict liability.

12.62  Liability of owner of vehicle etc for offences
 (1) The owner of a motor vehicle at the time when an offence relating to the motor vehicle under these Regulations is committed is taken to have committed the offence.
 (2) However, the owner of the motor vehicle is not taken to have committed the offence if:
 (a) the motor vehicle was, at the time of the offence, stolen or illegally taken or used; or
 (b) for an owner who is not a body corporate—within 14 days after the date of a notice served under the relevant provision, or within 14 days after service of a summons for the alleged offence, the owner gives to the Director a statutory declaration made by him or her stating:
 (i) that it is made for this regulation; and
 (ii) that he or she was not in charge of the motor vehicle at the time of the alleged offence; and
 (iii) the name and address of the person who was in charge of the motor vehicle at that time; or
 (c) for an owner who is a body corporate—within 14 days after the date of a notice served under the relevant provision or within 14 days after service of a summons for the alleged offence, a director, manager or secretary of the body corporate gives to the Director a statutory declaration made by him or her stating:
 (i) that it is made for this regulation; and
 (ii)