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Road Transport (General) Act 1999
33Responsible person’s obligations
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33 Responsible person’s obligations
served on a responsible person for a registrable or rail vehicle;
and
(b) the responsible person is an individual; and
(c) the responsible person was not in possession or control of the
vehicle at the time of the offence.
Withdrawal of infringement notices Division 3.3AA
(2) The responsible person for the registrable or rail vehicle must take all
reasonable steps to give the administering authority sufficient
information to identify and locate the individual who was in
possession or control of the vehicle at the time of the offence.
Note The responsible person for a registrable or rail vehicle involved in an
infringement notice offence is taken to be the individual in possession or
control of the vehicle at the time of the offence unless the responsible
person proves, on the balance of probabilities, that the person was not in
possession or control of the vehicle at the time of the offence
(see s 53AA).