22Importing road vehicles

22 Importing road vehicles

(1) A person contravenes this subsection if: (a) the person imports a road vehicle into Australia; and (b) at the time of importation, the person is not permitted to import the vehicle. (2) A person is permitted to import a road vehicle if: (a) at the time of importation, all of the following apply: (i) the person is the holder of a road vehicle type approval; (ii) the road vehicle type approval is in force; (iii) the road vehicle is of a type to which the road vehicle type approval applies; or (b) at the time of importation, all of the following apply: (i) the person is authorised, in writing, by the holder of a road vehicle type approval to import the road vehicle; (ii) the road vehicle type approval is in force; (iii) the road vehicle is of a type to which the road vehicle type approval applies; or (c) at the time of importation, all of the following apply: (i) the person is the holder of an import approval; (ii) the import approval is in force; (iii) the road vehicle is specified in the import approval; or (d) at the time of importation, a circumstance set out in the rules applies. Offence (3) A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection (1).

Penalty: 120 penalty units.

Civil penalty provision (4) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).

Civil penalty: 120 penalty units.