Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (VEHICLE REGISTRATION) (NO. 81 OF 1999) - SECT 22

(1)     The driver of a registrable vehicle commits an offence if the vehicle is used on a road or road related area and has installed or displayed on, or attached to, it—

        (a)     a numberplate or registration label that was not properly issued, or was properly issued for another vehicle; or

        (b)     a numberplate, registration label or anything else properly issued that has been fraudulently changed or changed in a way calculated to deceive; or

        (c)     anything resembling a numberplate, registration label or anything else properly issued that is calculated to deceive.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(2)     The registered operator of a registrable vehicle (other than the driver of the vehicle) used in contravention of subsection (1) also commits an offence if the operator failed to take reasonable precautions to prevent the contravention.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(3)     A person must not, without lawful authority or excuse—

        (a)     remove a numberplate, registration label or anything else properly issued that is installed or displayed on, or attached to, a vehicle; or

        (b)     deface, damage, or otherwise interfere with, a numberplate, registration label or anything else properly issued.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(4)     In this section—