Section 60 - Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2017 - Registrable vehicles to comply with applicable vehicle standards

60Registrable vehicles to comply with applicable vehicle standards

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60 Registrable vehicles to comply with applicable vehicle standards

(cf 2007 reg cl 52)

(1) A person must not use a registrable vehicle on a road or road related area unless—

(a) the vehicle complies with clause 25, and

(b) in the case of a light vehicle—

(i) the vehicle complies with the Light Vehicle Standards Rules, and

(ii) the vehicle and its parts and equipment are suitable for safe use and are in a thoroughly serviceable condition.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

Note.

Section 60 of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (NSW) makes it an offence for a person to use, or permit to be used, on a road a heavy vehicle that contravenes a heavy vehicle standard applying to the vehicle under that Law.

(2) Without limiting the liability of any other person under subclause (1), if a registrable vehicle is used in contravention of that subclause by a person other than the registered operator of the vehicle, the registered operator is also guilty of an offence under that subclause.

(3) A person is not guilty of an offence under subclause (1) if—

(a) the vehicle concerned is used on a road or road related area in accordance with a condition imposed on its use, given expressly or by necessary implication, by a police officer or Transport for NSW under section 76 of the Act, or

(b) the vehicle—

(i) fails to comply with the dimension limits prescribed by Division 2 of Part 6 of the Light Vehicle Standards Rules, and

(ii) is exempt from the dimension limits by the operation of clause 141, or

(c) the vehicle is conditionally registered under this Regulation despite a failure to comply with an applicable vehicle standard and is used on a road or road related area in accordance with the conditions of registration, or

(d) the vehicle concerned is used on a road or road related area in accordance with the conditions of an unregistered vehicle permit.

(4) If any person employed by the registered operator of a registrable vehicle that is a light vehicle to drive the vehicle becomes aware that the vehicle is not in a safe and thoroughly serviceable condition to be used on a road or road related area, the person must—