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269AAuthority may require vehicle to be made available for inspection
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269A Authority may require vehicle to be made available for inspection
(1) The Authority may serve a notice on a person who is the registered owner of, or is apparently in lawful possession of, a relevant vehicle, requiring the person to make the relevant vehicle available for measurement, inspection and testing by an authorised officer to determine whether or not—
(a) the person has contravened a provision of this Act or the regulations in relation to the relevant vehicle; or
(b) there is a risk of harm to human health or the environment from pollution or waste in relation to the relevant vehicle.
(2) A vehicle inspection notice must be in writing and must set out—
(a) the name of the person on whom it is served; and
(b) the relevant vehicle in relation to which it is served; and
(c) the reason the relevant vehicle is to be inspected; and
(d) the actions that need to be taken to comply with the notice; and
(e) the time and date of the inspection, which must be reasonable in the circumstances; and
(f) the place of the inspection, which must be reasonable in the circumstances; and
(g) the period during which the relevant vehicle will be kept by the Authority; and
(h) the penalty for failure to comply with the notice.
(3) The Authority may revoke or amend a vehicle inspection notice by written notice given to the person on whom the vehicle inspection notice was served.
(4) A person who is served with a vehicle inspection notice may request the Authority to amend a requirement set out in the notice relating to any of the following—
(a) the time of the inspection;
(b) the place of the inspection;
(c) the period for which the relevant vehicle will be required.
(5) In this section—
***relevant vehicle*** means the following—
(a) a motor vehicle;
(b) a vehicle other than a motor vehicle used to transport reportable priority waste.
S. 269B inserted by No. 35/2023 s. 38.