7Riding in load space

7 Riding in load space (1) Subject to this regulation: (a) a driver must not drive a vehicle with a person; or (b) a person must not travel in or on a vehicle, in a space of the vehicle designed primarily to carry goods unless: (e) all doors, hatches or other means of entering the space are securely closed; and (f) all goods carried in the space are securely stored to prevent a person in the space being injured by the goods in the event of an accident or emergency. (2) If a police officer apprehends a person contravening subregulation (1), the officer may permit the person to continue in contravention of that subregulation and a person to whom permission is given under this subregulation is exempted from complying with subregulation (1) while driving or travelling in or on the vehicle in accordance with the conditions, if any, of the permission. (3) Subregulation (1) does not apply in relation to a person or vehicle, or a class of persons or vehicles, exempted by the Registrar. (4) In this regulation: enclosed, in relation to a space, means enclosed at the time of manufacture of the vehicle.

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