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ROAD SAFETY ACT 1986 - SECT 84BG

Proceedings against nominated persons

S. 84BG(1) amended by No. 74/2007 s. 13(1).

    (1)     A proceeding against a person nominated in an effective known user statement, sold vehicle statement or tolling nomination statement for an offence to which this Part applies may be commenced not later than 12 months after—

        (a)     the day on which the statement was given to the enforcement official; or

        (b)     if the statement again becomes an effective statement because of the cancellation under section 84BF(1) of the acceptance of a subsequent statement, the day on which the subsequent statement is cancelled.

S. 84BG(2) amended by No. 74/2007 s. 13(2).

    (2)     In a proceeding referred to in subsection (1) the known user statement, sold vehicle statement or tolling nomination statement is evidence and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of the matters stated in it.

    (3)     A proceeding against a person (other than a person nominated in an effective known user statement or sold vehicle statement) who, by force of section 84BF(2), becomes again the responsible person in relation to the motor vehicle or trailer at the time of an offence to which this Part applies may be commenced not later than 12 months after the day on which that person again became the responsible person.

S. 84BH inserted by No. 81/2006 s. 24, amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 106.14).



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