244Number-plate and other offences

#### 244 Number-plate and other offences 244 Number-plate and other offences (cf Gen Act, s 218F) > > (1) A person must not, without lawful excuse, operate a motor vehicle on a road during a number-plate confiscation period applying to the motor vehicle. > > > > Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. > > > (2) A person must not, without lawful excuse, remove, tamper with or modify a number-plate confiscation notice attached to a motor vehicle during a number-plate confiscation period applying to the motor vehicle. > > > > Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. > > > (3) A person must not, without lawful excuse, operate a motor vehicle on a road during a number-plate confiscation period applying to the motor vehicle while any of the following is affixed to the vehicle— > > > > > (a) a number-plate issued (whether or not in respect of the registration of that particular vehicle) under a law in force in this or another jurisdiction, > > > > > (b) an altered number-plate issued under such a law, > > > > > (c) a number-plate likely to be mistaken for, or resembling, such a number-plate. > > > > Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. > > > (4) A person must not operate a motor vehicle on a road with a number-plate confiscation notice, or thing resembling such a notice, attached to the vehicle when the vehicle is not the subject of such a notice. > > > > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. > > > (5) A registered operator of a registrable vehicle (other than the driver of the vehicle) used in contravention of this section is also guilty of an offence if it is proved that the operator caused, permitted, allowed or failed to take reasonable precautions to prevent, the contravention. > > > > Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. > > > (6) A person must not by a false statement or representation attempt to obtain the release of— > > > > > (a) a vehicle impounded under this Part, or > > > > > (b) number-plates confiscated under this Part. > > > > Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. > > > (7) The driver of a motor vehicle is not guilty of an offence against this section if the driver did not know, and could not reasonably have known, that— > > > > > (a) the motor vehicle was subject to a number-plate confiscation notice, or > > > > > (b) the number-plates were affixed to the motor vehicle in contravention of subsection (3). > > > (8) The registered operator of a motor vehicle is not guilty of an offence against this section if the operator did not know, and could not reasonably have known, that— > > > > > (a) the motor vehicle was being operated in contravention of a number-plate confiscation notice, or > > > > > (b) the number-plates were affixed to the motor vehicle in contravention of subsection (3).