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ROAD SAFETY ACT 1986 - SECT 159

Application of this Division

    (1)     This Division applies if an inspector believes on reasonable grounds that a vehicle is in breach of a mass, dimension or load restraint limit or requirement, and the vehicle is on or in any of the following places—

        (a)     any highway; or

        (b)     any public place; or

S. 159(1)(c) substituted by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch.  1 item 222).

        (c)     in or on any premises

              (i)     occupied or owned by the Head, Transport for Victoria or by any other public authority; or

              (ii)     occupied by the Secretary or the Department; or

        (d)     any premises that an inspector is authorised to enter under this Act; or

        (e)     any other place, but only if the vehicle has entered that place as the immediate result of it being involved in an accident on or near a highway.

    (2)     For the purposes of this section, an accident is an incident that involves a vehicle and that results—

        (a)     in a person being killed or injured; or

        (b)     in damage being caused to a vehicle, or to other property.

S. 160 inserted by No. 110/2004 s. 41.



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