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290Warning signs and warning lights must not be displayed if not required
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290 Warning signs and warning lights must not be displayed if not required
(1) A person must not display a warning sign or warning light on a vehicle if—
(a) the warning sign or warning light is of a type provided for in these Regulations; and
(b) the vehicle is not required by these Regulations to display a warning sign or warning light of that type.
(2) If these Regulations provide that a particular type of warning sign or warning light is to be displayed on a vehicle at a specified time, a person must not display that type of warning sign or warning light on a vehicle at a time other than the specified time.
(3) A person must not drive a vehicle on a highway in contravention of subregulation (1) or (2).
(4) The registered operator of a vehicle must take reasonable steps to ensure that the vehicle is not used on a highway in contravention of subregulation (1) or (2).
Penalty: In the case of a body corporate, 25 penalty units;
In any other case, 5 penalty units.
(5) A person other than a person referred to in subregulation (3) or (4) must not cause or permit a vehicle to be used on a highway in contravention of subregulations (1) or (2).
Penalty: In the case of a body corporate, 25 penalty units;
In any other case, 5 penalty units.