34Use of motor vehicle where appropriate amount of insurance premium not paid

#### 34 Use of motor vehicle where appropriate amount of insurance premium not paid 34 Use of motor vehicle where appropriate amount of insurance premium not paid > > (1) Any person who uses or causes, permits or suffers any other person to use upon a public street any insured motor vehicle shall, if the appropriate amount of insurance premiums payable in relation thereto has not been paid, be guilty of an offence against this Act and shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 0.5 penalty unit for every day on which it is so used. > > > (2) The Government Insurance Office may recover as a debt from any such person, the difference between the amount of premium (if any) actually paid in relation to such motor vehicle and the appropriate amount of premium. > > > (3) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act failure by any person to lodge or pay in full the appropriate amount of insurance premium in respect of the insurance of a motor vehicle (whether such failure is due to error or omission, or to any change of circumstances or other matter affecting the amount payable as the appropriate amount of insurance premium) shall not affect the validity of any third-party policy issued or deemed to have been issued, nor any registration of the motor vehicle. > > **s 34:** Am 1984 No 86, Schs 1 (20), 5 (20); 1992 No 112, Sch 1.