sec.212Requirement to remove unlawful registration item

sec.212 Requirement to remove unlawful registration item

An authorised officer may ask a person in charge of a vehicle to remove from the vehicle, and deliver to the officer, a registration item for the vehicle if the authorised officer reasonably believes— under this regulation, the use of the vehicle on a road is prohibited; or the registration item was not lawfully given for the vehicle; or the registration item is recorded in the register as having been cancelled, lost, stolen, destroyed or damaged; or the registration item is a number plate required to be returned to the chief executive under section 125 . The person must comply with the request unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. Subsection (4) applies if the authorised officer requests the removal of a registration item— under subsection (1) (a) on the basis that section 211 (h) (ii) applies; or under subsection (1) (b) , (c) or (d) . The authorised officer must advise the person that if the person does not comply with the request at the time it is made the officer may, under subsection (5) , remove and recover the number plates attached to the vehicle. If the person does not comply with the request, the authorised officer may remove and recover the number plates attached to the vehicle. In this section— registration item , for a vehicle, means— any of the following given or granted in relation to the vehicle— a registration certificate; a number plate; a permit; an inspection certificate; or if the vehicle is a conditionally registered vehicle to which the conditional registration guideline applies—a document required to be carried in the vehicle under the guideline; or an item purporting to be an item mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) . (sec.212-ssec.1) An authorised officer may ask a person in charge of a vehicle to remove from the vehicle, and deliver to the officer, a registration item for the vehicle if the authorised officer reasonably believes— under this regulation, the use of the vehicle on a road is prohibited; or the registration item was not lawfully given for the vehicle; or the registration item is recorded in the register as having been cancelled, lost, stolen, destroyed or damaged; or the registration item is a number plate required to be returned to the chief executive under section 125 . (sec.212-ssec.2) The person must comply with the request unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.212-ssec.3) Subsection (4) applies if the authorised officer requests the removal of a registration item— under subsection (1) (a) on the basis that section 211 (h) (ii) applies; or under subsection (1) (b) , (c) or (d) . (sec.212-ssec.4) The authorised officer must advise the person that if the person does not comply with the request at the time it is made the officer may, under subsection (5) , remove and recover the number plates attached to the vehicle. (sec.212-ssec.5) If the person does not comply with the request, the authorised officer may remove and recover the number plates attached to the vehicle. (sec.212-ssec.6) In this section— registration item , for a vehicle, means— any of the following given or granted in relation to the vehicle— a registration certificate; a number plate; a permit; an inspection certificate; or if the vehicle is a conditionally registered vehicle to which the conditional registration guideline applies—a document required to be carried in the vehicle under the guideline; or an item purporting to be an item mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) .