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Motor Vehicles Act 1949
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66 Evidence
(1) In a prosecution for an offence against Part 5A or the Standards, an
averment in the information or the complaint:
(a) that a specified mass was, at the time the mass was
determined:
(i) the load on a tyre of a vehicle;
(ii) the wheel load on a wheel of a vehicle;
(iii) the axle load on an axle of a vehicle; or
(iv) the laden mass of a vehicle;
(b) that the mass was determined as specified in Part 5C; and
(c) if a weighing machine was used to determine a mass, that the
weighing machine had, not more than 12 months before the
date when the mass was determined, been tested, found
accurate and sealed in accordance with section 63,
shall be evidence of the matter averred.
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(2) In a prosecution for an offence against Part 5A or the Standards, an
averment in the information or the complaint that a specified
measurement was, at the time the measurement was determined:
(a) the height of a vehicle;
(b) the width of a vehicle; or
(c) the length of a vehicle,
shall be evidence of the matter averred.
(3) In a prosecution for an offence against Part 5A or the Standards, an
averment in the information or the complaint that a tyre was a
pneumatic tyre shall be evidence of the matter averred.