Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) ACT 1999 (NO. 77 OF 1999) - SECT 224

(1)     A police officer or authorised person may require the owner of a motor vehicle to produce evidence—

        (a)     that a third-party policy is in force for the vehicle; and

        (b)     if the vehicle is a public vehicle—that a public vehicle policy is in force for the vehicle.

(2)     The owner must not fail to produce the evidence when required to do so.

Maximum penalty:     20 penalty units.

(3)     It is a defence to an offence against subsection (2) if—

        (a)     the owner has a reasonable excuse for failing to produce the evidence when required to do so; and

        (b)     within 3 days after being required to produce the evidence, produces the evidence at a place prescribed under the regulations or as directed by the police officer or authorised person.

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