Offence to falsely represent that heavy vehicle authority is held etc
704 Offence to falsely represent that heavy vehicle authority is held etc
A person must not represent—
that the person has been granted a heavy vehicle authority the person has not been granted; or
that a heavy vehicle authority has been granted in relation to a thing for which it has not been granted; or
that the person is operating under a heavy vehicle authority that the person is not entitled to operate under; or
that a thing is operating under a heavy vehicle authority that the thing is not authorised to operate under.
Maximum penalty: $20 000.
A person must not represent that the person or a thing is operating under a heavy vehicle authority if the authority is no longer in force.
Maximum penalty: $20 000.
A person must not possess a document that falsely purports to be—
an accreditation certificate for a heavy vehicle accreditation; or
a document mentioned in section 468(1)(b) or (c); or
a document evidencing the grant of an electronic recording system approval, exemption, authorisation, permit or other authority under this Law; or
Examples— a
Commonwealth Gazette notice, a permit
a copy of a document mentioned in paragraph (a),
or (c).
Maximum penalty: $20 000.
In this section—
heavy vehicle authority means—
a heavy vehicle accreditation; or
an electronic recording system approval, exemption, authorisation, permit or other authority under this Law.
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