32Meaning of all reasonable steps—div 3.3

32 Meaning of all reasonable steps—div 3.3 (1) In this division: all reasonable steps—a responsible person for a registrable or rail vehicle takes all reasonable steps to assist the administering authority to identify and locate the individual who was in possession or control of the vehicle at the time of an infringement notice offence involving the vehicle— (a) if— (i) the person gives the administering authority an infringement notice declaration for the offence within the time required under division 3.2 (Infringement and reminder notices) (including any additional time allowed under that division); and (ii) the administering authority accepts the infringement notice declaration for this division; and (b) if the administering authority requires an approved form to be completed in relation to the offence—if the person completes the form properly; and (c) if the person responds to any correspondence from the administering authority within 14 days after the correspondence is served on the person. Note 2 The Legislation Act, s 250 (1) does not apply to a notice given under the road transport legislation (see Road Transport (General) Regulation 2000, s 9B (4)). Note 3 Infringement notice declaration—see s 21A.

Division 3.3 Infringement notice offences involving registrable and rail vehicles (2) For subsection (1), definition of all reasonable steps, paragraph (b), an approved form is properly completed by a responsible person only if— (a) if the approved form requires particular information to be included in the form—the responsible person complies with the requirement; and (b) the information the responsible person includes in the form is accurate; and (c) the responsible person completes the form in a way that can be understood by a reasonable person. Note Under the Legislation Act, s 255 (5), if a form requires any of the following, substantial compliance with the form is not sufficient and the form is properly completed only if the requirement is complied with: (a) the form to be signed; (b) the form to be prepared in a particular way (for example, on paper of a particular size or quality or in a particular electronic form); (c) the form to be completed in a particular way; (d) particular information to be included in the form, or a particular document to be attached to or given with the form; (e) the form, information in the form, or a document attached to or given with the form, to be verified in a particular way (for example, by statutory declaration).