102Review by VCAT

102 Review by VCAT

(1) A person may apply to VCAT for review of—

S. 102(1)(a) amended by Nos 34/2023 s. 127(Sch. 1 item 18.31), 25/2025 s. 74(a).

(a) a reviewable decision made by Safe Transport Victoria or the Chief Investigator, Transport Safety; or

S. 102(1)(b) amended by Nos 34/2023 s. 127(Sch. 1 item 18.31), 25/2025 s. 74(b).

(b) a decision made, or taken to have been made, by Safe Transport Victoria under section 100 in respect of a reviewable decision (including a decision concerning a stay of the operation of the reviewable decision); or

S. 102(1)(c) inserted by No. 25/2025 s. 74(c).

(c) a decision made, or taken to have been made, by the Chief Investigator under section 101A in respect of a reviewable decision (including a decision concerning a stay of the operation of the reviewable decision)—

if the person is an eligible person in relation to the reviewable decision.

(2) The application must be made—

(a) within 28 days after the day on which the decision first came to the applicant's notice; or

S. 102(2)(b) amended by No. 34/2023 s. 127(Sch. 1 item 18.31).

(b) if Safe Transport Victoria is required by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 to give the applicant a statement of reasons, within 28 days after the day on which the applicant is given the statement—

whichever period ends last.

Part 6—General liability and court processes

Division 1—General matters

103 Offence to give false or misleading information

S. 103(1) amended by No. 41/2019 s. 71.

(1) A person must not give information in complying or purportedly complying with this Act or a transport safety law or a direction or requirement under this Act or a transport safety law that the person knows—

(a) to be false or misleading in a material particular; or

(b) omits any matter or thing without which the information is misleading.

S. 103(2) amended by No. 41/2019 s. 71.

(2) A person must not produce a document in complying or purportedly complying with this Act or a transport safety law or a direction or requirement under this Act or a transport safety law that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular without—

(a) indicating the respect in which it is false or misleading and, if practicable, providing correct information; or

(b) accompanying the document with a written certificate—

(i) stating that the document is, to the knowledge of the first mentioned person, false or misleading in a material particular; and