HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW (ACT)
704Offence to falsely represent that heavy vehicle authority
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704 Offence to falsely represent that heavy vehicle authority is held etc. (1) A person must not represent— (a) that the person has been granted a heavy vehicle authority the person has not been granted; or (b) that a heavy vehicle authority has been granted in relation to a thing for which it has not been granted; or (c) that the person is operating under a heavy vehicle authority that the person is not entitled to operate under; or (d) that a thing is operating under a heavy vehicle authority that the thing is not authorised to operate under. (2) A person must not represent that the person or a thing is operating under a heavy vehicle authority if the authority is no longer in force.
(3) A person must not possess a document that falsely purports to be— (a) an accreditation certificate for a heavy vehicle accreditation; or (b) a document mentioned in section 468(1)(b) or (c); or (c) a document evidencing the grant of an electronic recording system approval, exemption, authorisation, permit or other authority under this Law; or a Commonwealth Gazette notice, a permit (d) a copy of a document mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c). heavy vehicle authority means— (a) a heavy vehicle accreditation; or (b) an electronic recording system approval, exemption, authorisation, permit or other authority under this Law.
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