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19 Driver of vehicle to pay tolls and charges
> > (1) The driver of a vehicle that passes a toll point on a tollway must pay any toll or charge payable for the use of the tollway to the toll operator at or within the time and in the manner specified by the toll operator in respect of the tollway.
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> > Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
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> > Note.
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> > Section 244 of the Act makes the owner of a vehicle guilty of an offence under this clause unless the vehicle was stolen or the owner nominates another person as the person in charge of the vehicle at the time of the offence.
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> > (2) A requirement to pay a toll or charge includes a requirement to pay the toll or charge in accordance with any terms and conditions (including a term requiring the payment of an administrative charge) that may be imposed by a toll operator in relation to the particular manner of payment of the toll or charge.
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> > (3) A toll operator must publish the following information on the toll operator’s website in relation to each tollway it operates—
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> > > (a) the amount of the toll payable for the use of the tollway and how that amount is calculated,
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> > > (b) the amount of any charge (including an administrative charge) payable by the driver for the use of the tollway and how that amount is calculated,
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> > > (c) the time within which a toll or charge must be paid,
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> > > (d) the manner in which a toll or charge may be paid,
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> > > (e) any other terms and conditions that apply to the payment of the toll or charge,
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> > > (f) the procedure for objecting to the imposition of a toll or charge or the amount of a toll or charge imposed,
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> > > (g) that it is an offence for the driver of a vehicle that passes a toll point to not pay a toll or charge payable for the use of the tollway,
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> > > (h) any other information required by TfNSW in relation to the tolls and charges payable for the use of the tollway.
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> > (4) A toll operator may also indicate, by the use of signs approved by TfNSW, any of the information referred to in subclause (3).
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> > (5) A toll operator may waive a toll or charge in respect of a particular vehicle or class of vehicles.
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> > (6) Nothing in clause 35 or 36 affects the requirement to pay a toll or charge under this clause.