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Motor Vehicles Act 1949
112Number plates not to be covered
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112 Number plates not to be covered The owner of a motor vehicle must not use, or cause or permit to be used, the motor vehicle if: (a) the number plate allotted or authorised for the vehicle is not securely affixed to the vehicle; or (b) the number on the number plate is: (i) not clearly legible; or
Motor Vehicles Act 1949 102 (ii) obscured by an article or thing affixed to or carried on the vehicle (other than a trailer that is attached to and being pulled by the vehicle).