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Road Transport (General) Regulation 2000
9BWhen posted notice taken to be given
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9B When posted notice taken to be given
(1) This section applies to a notice given to a person under the road
transport legislation if the notice is sent—
(a) by prepaid post; and
(b) either—
(i) to the person’s home address; or
(ii) if the person has an address for service recorded in a road
transport authority record or register—the address for
service.
Note It is an offence for the holder of a driver licence or the registered
operator of a registered vehicle to fail to notify the road transport
authority of a change of address (see Road Transport (Driver
Licensing) Regulation 2000, s 74 and Road Transport (Vehicle
Registration) Regulation 2000, s 69).
(2) The notice is taken to be given to the person when it is received at the
address.
(3) In a proceeding before a court, it is presumed that the notice is—
(a) posted 4 working days after the date of the notice, unless
evidence sufficient to raise doubt about the presumption is
given; and
(b) received 4 working days after the notice is posted, unless the
contrary is established.
(4) The Legislation Act, section 250 (1) does not apply to a notice given
under the road transport legislation.
road transport authority record or register means—
(a) the demerit points register or driver licence register kept under
the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1999; or
(b) the registrable vehicles register kept under the Road Transport
(Vehicle Registration) Act 1999; or
(c) the MAI insurance licence register kept under the Motor
Accident Injuries Act 2019; or
(d) any other record kept by the authority under the road transport
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9C Specimen signature—Act, s 59 (2)
The following are prescribed as ways in which a police officer may
require a person to provide a specimen of his or her signature—
(a) in the police officer’s official notebook; or
(b) on any other paper on which a signature can be reasonably
written.