Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974 (SR 1974/218) (as at 10 May 2011)

Regulation by clause

18 Offences and penalties
  • (1) Every person commits an offence against these regulations who—

    • (a) fails to comply in any respect with any of the provisions of these regulations or does any act in contravention thereof, not being an overloading offence as defined in section 2 of the Land Transport Act 1998; or

    • (b) knowingly supplies any false or misleading information in or concerning any application under these regulations or concerning any obligation under these regulations.

    (2) A person who commits an offence against these regulations is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $500.

    Subclause (1)(a) was amended, as from 3 May 1999, by regulation 3(1) Heavy Motor Vehicle Amendment Regulations 1999 (SR 1999/86) by substituting the words overloading offence as defined in section 2 of the Land Transport Act 1998 for the words overloading infringement as defined in section 69B of the Transport Act 1962.

    Subclause (2) was amended by regulation 3 Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974, Amendment No 7 (SR 1989/309) by substituting the expression subsection (1) for the expression subsection (4).

    Subclause (2) was substituted, as from 3 May 1999, by regulation 3(2) Heavy Motor Vehicle Amendment Regulations 1999 (SR 1999/86).