Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person contravenes this subsection if:
(a) the person imports a road vehicle into Australia; and
(b) at the time of importation, the person is not permitted to import the vehicle.
(2) A person is permitted to import a road vehicle if:
(a) at the time of importation, all of the following apply:
(i) the person is the holder of a road vehicle type approval;
(ii) the road vehicle type approval is in force;
(iii) the road vehicle is of a type to which the road vehicle type approval applies; or
(b) at the time of importation, all of the following apply:
(i) the person is authorised, in writing, by the holder of a road vehicle type approval to import the road vehicle;
(ii) the road vehicle type approval is in force;
(iii) the road vehicle is of a type to which the road vehicle type approval applies; or
(c) at the time of importation, all of the following apply:
(i) the person is the holder of an import approval;
(ii) the import approval is in force;
(iii) the road vehicle is specified in the import approval; or
(d) at the time of importation, a circumstance set out in the rules applies.
(3) A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection ( 1).
(4) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection ( 1).
Civil penalty: 120 penalty units.