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ROAD SAFETY ACT 1986 - SECT 14

Defective vehicles

S. 14(1) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 147.3).

    (1)     A police officer or a person referred to in section 13(6) may, in accordance with the regulations, on discovering a vehicle that does not comply with this Act or the regulations—

        (a)     issue a warning or a vehicle defect notice; or

        (b)     impose conditions on the use of the vehicle; or

        (c)     prohibit the use of the vehicle.

S. 14(1A) inserted by No. 95/2005 s. 15, amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 147.3).

    (1A)     A police officer or a person referred to in section 13(6) may, in accordance with the regulations, also take any of the actions listed in subsection (1) if he or she reasonably suspects, on   the basis of any information derived from a vehicle's engine management system using, in accordance with the regulations, an engine management system reading device specified by the regulations, that the vehicle does not comply with this Act or the regulations.

    (2)     A vehicle defect notice may be withdrawn or cleared in accordance with the regulations.

S. 15 amended by No. 44/1989 s. 41(Sch. 2 item 34.4), repealed by No. 57/1998 s. 4(3)(b).

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S. 15A inserted by No. 120/1993 s. 57.



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