24Liability to pay toll and toll administration fees

24 Liability to pay toll and toll administration fees

(1) Subject to this Part, a person who is the driver of a vehicle used in a toll zone is liable to pay to the relevant West Gate Tunnel Corporation—

(a) the toll charged by the relevant West Gate Tunnel Corporation for that use; and

(b) the relevant toll administration fee charged by the relevant West Gate Tunnel Corporation.

(2) The following persons are taken to be the driver of a vehicle used in a toll zone for the purposes of subsection (1)—

(a) the operator of the vehicle;

(b) in the case of a vehicle that is attached to a trailer and the operator of the vehicle cannot be identified by a tolling device, the operator of the trailer.

(3) This section does not apply in respect of the use in a toll zone of a vehicle in accordance with a tollway billing arrangement.