704Offence to falsely represent that heavy vehicle authority is held etc.

704 Offence to falsely represent that heavy vehicle authority is held etc.

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.

Maximum penalty—$10000.

Editorial note.

See also section 737 (Increase of penalty amounts).

(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A person must not represent that the person or a thing is operating under a heavy vehicle authority if the authority is no longer in force.

Maximum penalty—$10000.

Editorial note.

See also section 737 (Increase of penalty amounts).

(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

Examples—

a Commonwealth Gazette notice, a permit

(d) a copy of a document mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).

Maximum penalty—$10000.

Editorial note.

See also section 737 (Increase of penalty amounts).

(4) In this section—

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.

s 704: Am 2015 No 12, sec 58.