17Use of vehicles with unauthorised temporary noise reduction equipment

17 Use of vehicles with unauthorised temporary noise reduction equipment

17 Use of vehicles with unauthorised temporary noise reduction equipment

A person must not cause or permit a motor vehicle that is not a heavy vehicle to be driven or used on a road or road related area if the motor vehicle has a temporary noise reduction device fitted that—

(a) was not fitted by the vehicle manufacturer, or

(b) is not an equivalent replacement for the device fitted by the vehicle manufacturer, or

(c) is not a plate, baffle or other device that is—

(i) part of a muffler, resonator or other similar part, and

(ii) fitted to a motor cycle.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—50 penalty units, or

(b) for a corporation—100 penalty units.