Traffic Regulations 1999

appropriate place means a place specified in an infringement notice:

as the context requires.

infringement issuing officer means:

infringement notice means a parking infringement notice or traffic infringement notice.

new owner has the same meaning as in section 5(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act 1949.

notice of disposal has the same meaning as in section 20 of the Motor Vehicles Act 1949.

offence means:

(b) an offence or alleged offence against a law of the Territory that is one of a kind specified in a short form in column 1 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

offender means:

(a) a person who an infringement issuing officer believes on reasonable grounds has committed an offence; or

(b) if an offence is detected by a traffic infringement detection device – the owner of the vehicle allegedly used to commit the offence.

owner, of a vehicle, includes:

(a) the person shown as the registered owner or, if the vehicle registration has expired, the last registered owner under the Motor Vehicles Act 1949 (or corresponding law in another jurisdiction) or in a national register; and

(b) if the vehicle has a trader's plate within the meaning of section 34 of the Motor Vehicles Act 1949 attached to it – the person licensed under that Act to use the plate.

parking infringement means a contravention of a provision of Part 12 of the Australian Road Rules.

parking infringement notice means a notice under Division 3.

penalty includes an amount payable in pursuance of a traffic infringement notice or parking infringement notice.

place of business means a place where the owner of a vehicle carries on business, including the business of government, and in the case of a corporation includes a registered address.

place of residence, in relation to a person, means the last known place of residence for the person.

postal address, in relation to a person, means the last known postal address for the person.

traffic infringement notice means a traffic infringement notice issued under Division 2.

(2) For the purposes of the definition of owner, if more than one person is shown as the registered owner or last registered owner under paragraph (a) of the definition, the first person named is to be taken to be the registered owner or last registered owner as the case may be.