Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00629:clause:1_43
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00629
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 43
Character Range: 59535–60928

43  Number plate and registration certificate and label offences
 (1) The driver and the registered operator of a heavy vehicle are each guilty of an offence if the vehicle is used on a road or in a road related area:
 (a) without bearing number plates affixed and displayed in accordance with these Regulations; or
 (b) with a number plate affixed that was not issued by the registration authority or was not issued for that vehicle; or
 (c) with a number plate obscured, defaced, or otherwise not legible or displayed contrary to the requirements of subregulation 20(5); or
 (d) with the registration label obscured, defaced, or otherwise not legible, or not displayed in accordance with these Regulations.
 (2) The driver and the registered operator of a heavy vehicle are each guilty of an offence if the vehicle is used on a road or in a road related area displaying:
 (a) an altered number plate or registration label; or
 (b) the representation of a number plate or registration label:
 (i) other than a number plate or registration label issued in accordance with these Regulations or another law; and
 (ii) that is likely to be mistaken for a number plate or registration label displayed in accordance with these Regulations.
 (3) A person who fails to return a registration certificate or number plate in accordance with subregulation 26(8), 32(2) or 34(4) is guilty of an offence.