Offence in relation to plate
26 Offence in relation to plate
(1) A person must not drive a vehicle or permit a vehicle to be driven that is required to be registered under the Motor Vehicles Act 1949:
(a) if it does not have attached or affixed to it a number plate as required under that Act; or
if it carries a plate otherwise than in compliance with that Act.
(2) A person must not drive a vehicle or permit a vehicle to be driven that has attached or affixed to it a number plate that:
(a) other than as required or permitted by another law of the Territory – has been altered or defaced or on which any writing, mark or colour is not clearly legible or visible; or
was issued in respect of another vehicle; or
contains an incorrect particular.
A person must not:
(a) unlawfully print, manufacture or be in possession of a plate that resembles a number plate and that is calculated or likely to deceive;
(b) alter or deface a number plate other than as required or permitted by another law of the Territory; or
(c) buy or sell a plate that resembles a number plate and that is calculated or likely to deceive.
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