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Heavy Vehicle National Law Act 2012
sec.31Additional road authority certificates
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### sec.31 Additional road authority certificates
A certificate purporting to be issued by the entity that, under section 11 , is the road authority for this jurisdiction, and stating that, at a stated time or during a stated period—
stated particulars existed in relation to a stated conviction, disqualification, suspension, cancellation, licence or other stated matter under a transport Act or a corresponding law to a transport Act; or
a stated copy of a document was a copy of a document issued, or required to be kept, under a transport Act or a corresponding law to a transport Act; or
a stated entity was a corresponding authority; or
a stated vehicle was or was not inspected under a transport Act; or
an inspection of a stated vehicle under a transport Act gave stated results; or
a stated vehicle’s GCM or GVM was a stated amount, and how the amount was identified; or
a stated vehicle was or was not registered under TORUM as a heavy vehicle; or
a stated vehicle registered under TORUM was or was not registered as a heavy vehicle of a stated category; or
a stated person was or was not the registered operator, under TORUM , of a stated vehicle; or
a stated registration under TORUM was or was not amended or cancelled under that Act;
is evidence of the matter.
Subsection (1) does not limit section 712 of the Law .
Section 715 of the Law applies to a matter mentioned in subsection (1) (a) to (f) as if the matter was stated in a certificate under section 712 of the Law .
In this section—
corresponding authority see the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 , schedule 4 .
corresponding law see the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 , schedule 4 .
s 31 ins 2013 No. 4 s 10
amd 2013 No. 26 s 13 ; 2018 No. 10 s 8
(sec.31-ssec.1) A certificate purporting to be issued by the entity that, under section 11 , is the road authority for this jurisdiction, and stating that, at a stated time or during a stated period— stated particulars existed in relation to a stated conviction, disqualification, suspension, cancellation, licence or other stated matter under a transport Act or a corresponding law to a transport Act; or a stated copy of a document was a copy of a document issued, or required to be kept, under a transport Act or a corresponding law to a transport Act; or a stated entity was a corresponding authority; or a stated vehicle was or was not inspected under a transport Act; or an inspection of a stated vehicle under a transport Act gave stated results; or a stated vehicle’s GCM or GVM was a stated amount, and how the amount was identified; or a stated vehicle was or was not registered under TORUM as a heavy vehicle; or a stated vehicle registered under TORUM was or was not registered as a heavy vehicle of a stated category; or a stated person was or was not the registered operator, under TORUM , of a stated vehicle; or a stated registration under TORUM was or was not amended or cancelled under that Act; is evidence of the matter.
(sec.31-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not limit section 712 of the Law .
(sec.31-ssec.3) Section 715 of the Law applies to a matter mentioned in subsection (1) (a) to (f) as if the matter was stated in a certificate under section 712 of the Law .
(sec.31-ssec.4) In this section— corresponding authority see the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 , schedule 4 . corresponding law see the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 , schedule 4 .
- (a) stated particulars existed in relation to a stated conviction, disqualification, suspension, cancellation, licence or other stated matter under a transport Act or a corresponding law to a transport Act; or
- (b) a stated copy of a document was a copy of a document issued, or required to be kept, under a transport Act or a corresponding law to a transport Act; or
- (c) a stated entity was a corresponding authority; or
- (d) a stated vehicle was or was not inspected under a transport Act; or
- (e) an inspection of a stated vehicle under a transport Act gave stated results; or
- (f) a stated vehicle’s GCM or GVM was a stated amount, and how the amount was identified; or
- (g) a stated vehicle was or was not registered under TORUM as a heavy vehicle; or
- (h) a stated vehicle registered under TORUM was or was not registered as a heavy vehicle of a stated category; or
- (i) a stated person was or was not the registered operator, under TORUM , of a stated vehicle; or
- (j) a stated registration under TORUM was or was not amended or cancelled under that Act;