120Attachment and removal of noncompliance notices

120 Attachment and removal of noncompliance notices (1) A police officer or authorised person, or a person inspecting a vehicle under this part, may attach a notice (a noncompliance notice) to the vehicle if the officer or person suspects, on reasonable grounds, that— (a) the vehicle or its equipment or fittings, or its servicing or maintenance, do not comply with this Act; or (b) the vehicle (including its equipment and fittings) does not comply with the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1999. (2) The notice must state— (a) the action necessary for the vehicle, equipment or fittings, or its servicing or maintenance, to comply with this Act or the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1999; and (b) a date and time (the time of effect) after which the vehicle must not be operated as a public passenger vehicle if the notice has not been removed by a police officer or authorised person. (3) A police officer or authorised person may remove the noncompliance notice from the vehicle, or direct in writing that it be taken to have been removed, if satisfied on inspection or testing of the vehicle or its equipment or fittings that the necessary action mentioned in the notice has been taken. (4) A person other than a police officer or authorised person commits an offence if the person removes a noncompliance notice from a public passenger vehicle.

(6) A police officer’s or authorised person’s power to issue a noncompliance notice for a public passenger vehicle under this section is additional to the power of the police officer or authorised person to issue a defect notice under the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2000 for a public passenger vehicle.