135Notice of entry if prior notice not given—commercial passenger vehicle not on industry premises

135 Notice of entry if prior notice not given—commercial passenger vehicle not on industry premises

(1) This section applies if an authorised officer, under section 131—

(a) enters a commercial passenger vehicle at a place that is not industry premises; and

(b) does so without giving prior notice to either—

(ii) the person in whose name the vehicle is registered under Part 3.

(2) As soon as practicable after entering the vehicle, the authorised officer must take all reasonable steps to notify the following persons of the entry—

(a) the driver of the vehicle;

(b) if the vehicle is not registered under Part 3 in the driver's name, the person in whose name it is registered under that Part.

S. 136 inserted by No. 63/2017 s. 18.