7Statutory declarations by registered operators

7 Statutory declarations by registered operators

(1) For subsection 150(4) of the Act: (a) the prescribed period is 14 days after the registered operator concerned is served with an infringement notice in relation to the offence, or is otherwise notified of the commission of the offence; and (b) the prescribed manner is that the declaration is made by: (i) if the registered operator is not a body corporate—by the registered operator, or one of the registered operators; or (ii) if the registered operator is a body corporate—by a director or secretary of the registered operator; and (c) the prescribed information is the information mentioned in subregulation (2) or (3), as the case requires. (2) If the registered operator is not a body corporate, the information is: (a) a statement that the declaration is made for subsection 150(4) of the Act; and (b) a statement that he or she was not the operator of the vehicle or combination at the time of the offence; and (c) the name and address of the operator of the vehicle or combination at that time. (3) If the registered owner is a body corporate, the information is: (a) a statement that the declaration is made for subsection 150(4) of the Act; and (b) a statement that the vehicle or combination was not being used by, or for, the body corporate at the time of the offence; and (c) the name and address of the operator of the vehicle or combination at that time. (4) A statutory declaration that complies with this section is admissible in any proceedings as evidence of the matters stated in it. (5) In this regulation:

statutory declaration means a statutory declaration made under the Statutory Declarations Act 1959.