35Registered owners to identify drivers of registered motor vehicles

35 Registered owners to identify drivers of registered motor vehicles

35 Registered owners to identify drivers of registered motor vehicles

(1) Where a member of the police force suspects or believes that an offence against this Act or the regulations has been committed at any time in relation to a motor vehicle, the member may direct the owner of the motor vehicle to furnish the member with the name and address of the person who was the driver of the motor vehicle at that time.

(2) The owner of a motor vehicle shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a direction given to the owner pursuant to subsection (1).

Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.

(3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), a reference to the owner of a motor vehicle includes, where the motor vehicle is registered under this Act or within the meaning of the Road Transport Act 2013, a reference to the registered owner of the motor vehicle.

s 35: Am 1988 No 114, Sch 4; 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1997 No 119, Sch 2.20 [6]; 2013 No 19, Sch 4.69 [10].