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Planning Act 2016
sec.203Failure to comply with direction
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### sec.203 Failure to comply with direction
The person in control of the vehicle must comply with a direction under section 201 unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.
It is a reasonable excuse for the person not to comply with a direction if—
the vehicle was moving and the inspector did not comply with section 202 ; or
to comply immediately would have endangered someone else or caused loss or damage to property, and the person complies as soon as it is practicable to do so.
Subsection (2) does not limit subsection (1) .
A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if—
the direction the person fails to comply with is given under section 201 (2) ; and
the person is not given an offence warning for the direction.
(sec.203-ssec.1) The person in control of the vehicle must comply with a direction under section 201 unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.
(sec.203-ssec.2) It is a reasonable excuse for the person not to comply with a direction if— the vehicle was moving and the inspector did not comply with section 202 ; or to comply immediately would have endangered someone else or caused loss or damage to property, and the person complies as soon as it is practicable to do so.
(sec.203-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not limit subsection (1) .
(sec.203-ssec.4) A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if— the direction the person fails to comply with is given under section 201 (2) ; and the person is not given an offence warning for the direction.
- (a) the vehicle was moving and the inspector did not comply with section 202 ; or
- (b) to comply immediately would have endangered someone else or caused loss or damage to property, and the person complies as soon as it is practicable to do so.
- (a) the direction the person fails to comply with is given under section 201 (2) ; and
- (b) the person is not given an offence warning for the direction.