43Number plate and registration certificate and label offences

43 Number plate and registration certificate and label offences

(1) The driver and the registered operator of a heavy vehicle are each guilty of an offence if the vehicle is used on a road or in a road related area: (a) without bearing number plates affixed and displayed in accordance with these Regulations; or (b) with a number plate affixed that was not issued by the registration authority or was not issued for that vehicle; or (c) with a number plate obscured, defaced, or otherwise not legible or displayed contrary to the requirements of subregulation 20(5); or (d) with the registration label obscured, defaced, or otherwise not legible, or not displayed in accordance with these Regulations. (2) The driver and the registered operator of a heavy vehicle are each guilty of an offence if the vehicle is used on a road or in a road related area displaying: (a) an altered number plate or registration label; or (b) the representation of a number plate or registration label: (i) other than a number plate or registration label issued in accordance with these Regulations or another law; and (ii) that is likely to be mistaken for a number plate or registration label displayed in accordance with these Regulations. (3) A person who fails to return a registration certificate or number plate in accordance with subregulation 26(8), 32(2) or 34(4) is guilty of an offence.