156Authority may require motor vehicle to be tested

156 Authority may require motor vehicle to be tested

(1) For the purposes of ensuring a motor vehicle complies with the requirements of this Part in relation to emissions from motor vehicles, the Authority, by written notice given to the registered owner or the person apparently in lawful possession of the motor vehicle may require that person—

(a) to deliver the motor vehicle to which the notice applies to an approved motor vehicle tester to determine whether the motor vehicle complies with the regulations specified in the notice; and

(b) to obtain a certificate of compliance from the approved motor vehicle tester; and

(c) to give the certificate of compliance to the Authority before the date specified in the notice.

(2) A person must not contravene a vehicle testing notice given by the Authority under subregulation (1).

(3) Despite subregulations (1) and (2), a person who receives a vehicle testing notice does not contravene that notice if the person advises the Authority in writing before the date specified in the notice for compliance with the notice that the vehicle will not be used on a highway after that date.

Section 463 of the Act makes it an offence to provide information or make a statement to the Authority that is false or misleading in a material particular.