ROAD TRANSPORT (VEHICLE REGISTRATION) (NO. 81 OF 1999) - SECT 23 Offences relating to identification numbers of motor vehicles and trailers (NSW s 21A)

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ROAD TRANSPORT (VEHICLE REGISTRATION) (NO. 81 OF 1999) - SECT 23

Offences relating to identification numbers of motor vehicles and trailers (NSW s 21A)

(1) In this section—

"prescribed part" , of a motor vehicle or trailer, means the engine, engine block, or any other part of the motor vehicle or trailer prescribed under the regulations.

(2) A person must not—

(a) if the person is not the manufacturer—stamp or attach an identification number on or to a prescribed part of a motor vehicle or trailer without the written authority of the road transport authority or except as prescribed under the regulations; or

(b) except as required or permitted under this Act—change, deface, remove or obliterate an identification number stamped on or attached to a prescribed part of a motor vehicle or trailer; or

(c) without lawful authority or excuse, possess a prescribed part of a motor vehicle or trailer knowing the identification number stamped on or attached to it has been changed, defaced, removed or obliterated other than as required or permitted under this Act.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months, or both.

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