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272Use of vehicles in breach of vehicle defect notice conditions
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272 Use of vehicles in breach of vehicle defect notice conditions
(1) A person must not use, or permit the use of, a vehicle in breach of a condition of a vehicle defect notice issued for the vehicle.
(2) Despite subregulation (1), a person may use the vehicle on a highway after it has been repaired for any of the following purposes—
(a) to take it from a place of repair to a licensed tester;
(b) to examine and test it;
(c) to return it to the place of repair after it has been examined and tested;
(d) to take it to the Secretary, or a place nominated by the Secretary, to be inspected or to have the vehicle defect notice cleared.