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Road Transport Act 2013
74Operating interstate registered vehicles in this jurisdiction
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#### 74 Operating interstate registered vehicles in this jurisdiction
74 Operating interstate registered vehicles in this jurisdiction
(cf VR Act, s 22A(2)–(4))
> > (1) A corporation must not cause, permit or allow an interstate registered vehicle owned by the corporation to be used on a road in this jurisdiction.
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> > Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
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> > (2) A corporation is not guilty of an offence against subsection (1) if the corporation proves to the court’s satisfaction—
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> > > (a) that the interstate registered vehicle had, at the date of the offence, been owned by the corporation for less than 90 days, or
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> > > (b) that, during the period of 90 days immediately before the date of the offence, the interstate registered vehicle was outside this jurisdiction for a continuous period of at least 48 hours, or
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> > > (c) if the corporation—
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> > > > (i) conducts a business that includes the leasing or hiring out of registrable vehicles, and
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> > > > (ii) is unable to satisfy the court that paragraph (b) applies in relation to the interstate registered vehicle,
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> > > that the vehicle was leased or hired out to the same person for the whole of the period of 90 days immediately before the date of the offence.
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> > (3) A reference in this section to an interstate registered vehicle owned by a corporation includes a reference to an interstate registered vehicle that is under the control or management of the corporation.