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Heavy Vehicle National Law Act 2012
sec.466Accreditation labels for maintenance management accreditation and mass management accreditation
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### sec.466 Accreditation labels for maintenance management accreditation and mass management accreditation
If the Regulator grants maintenance management accreditation or mass management accreditation to an operator of a heavy vehicle, the Regulator must give the operator an accreditation label for each relevant vehicle for the accreditation.
If the operator amends the relevant management system to identify a new relevant vehicle for the accreditation—
the operator may ask the Regulator for an accreditation label for the new relevant vehicle; and
the Regulator must give the accreditation label to the operator.
The operator must attach the accreditation label for a relevant vehicle to the vehicle in a way that the label—
is readable from outside the vehicle; and
is not wholly or partly obscured, defaced or otherwise not legible.
Maximum penalty—$3000.
A person must not drive a relevant vehicle if the vehicle’s accreditation label—
is not attached to the vehicle; or
is attached to the vehicle in a way that the label is wholly or partly obscured, defaced or otherwise not legible.
Maximum penalty—$3000.
In this section—
accreditation label , for a relevant vehicle for a maintenance management accreditation or mass management accreditation, means a label stating the number identifying the accreditation for attaching to the vehicle.
relevant vehicle , for a maintenance management accreditation or mass management accreditation, means a vehicle identified in the relevant management system as currently being operated in accordance with the management system.
sch s 466 amd 2016 No. 65 s 133
om 2025 No. 26 s 105 (uncommenced amendment)
(sec.466-ssec.1) If the Regulator grants maintenance management accreditation or mass management accreditation to an operator of a heavy vehicle, the Regulator must give the operator an accreditation label for each relevant vehicle for the accreditation.
(sec.466-ssec.2) If the operator amends the relevant management system to identify a new relevant vehicle for the accreditation— the operator may ask the Regulator for an accreditation label for the new relevant vehicle; and the Regulator must give the accreditation label to the operator.
(sec.466-ssec.2A) The operator must attach the accreditation label for a relevant vehicle to the vehicle in a way that the label— is readable from outside the vehicle; and is not wholly or partly obscured, defaced or otherwise not legible. Maximum penalty—$3000.
(sec.466-ssec.2B) A person must not drive a relevant vehicle if the vehicle’s accreditation label— is not attached to the vehicle; or is attached to the vehicle in a way that the label is wholly or partly obscured, defaced or otherwise not legible. Maximum penalty—$3000.
(sec.466-ssec.3) In this section— accreditation label , for a relevant vehicle for a maintenance management accreditation or mass management accreditation, means a label stating the number identifying the accreditation for attaching to the vehicle. relevant vehicle , for a maintenance management accreditation or mass management accreditation, means a vehicle identified in the relevant management system as currently being operated in accordance with the management system.
- (a) the operator may ask the Regulator for an accreditation label for the new relevant vehicle; and
- (b) the Regulator must give the accreditation label to the operator.
- (a) is readable from outside the vehicle; and
- (b) is not wholly or partly obscured, defaced or otherwise not legible.
- (a) is not attached to the vehicle; or
- (b) is attached to the vehicle in a way that the label is wholly or partly obscured, defaced or otherwise not legible.