53Issue of defective vehicle notices and defective vessel notices

53 Issue of defective vehicle notices and defective vessel notices

53 Issue of defective vehicle notices and defective vessel notices

(1) An authorised officer may issue a defective vehicle notice to the owner of a motor vehicle if satisfied the motor vehicle—

(a) emits noise over the prescribed noise level for the motor vehicle, or

(b) has defective noise control equipment, or

(c) has a temporary noise reduction device fitted, or

(d) has one or more of the following accessories that do not comply with the Act or this regulation—

(i) a motor vehicle horn,

(ii) a motor vehicle intruder alarm,

(iii) a motor vehicle sound system,

(iv) another device attached to or that forms part of, or is intended to be attached to or form part of, the motor vehicle.

(2) An authorised marine officer who is satisfied a vessel has no noise control equipment, does not have appropriate noise control equipment or has noise control equipment that is defective, within the meaning of section 37(2), may issue a defective vessel notice to—

(a) the vessel’s owner, or

(b) the vessel’s master.

(3) In this section—

master, in relation to a vessel, means a person, other than a pilot, having command or charge of the vessel.