Victorian Numbered Regulations

ROAD SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 2009 (SR NO 115 OF 2009) - REG 69

    (1)     In addition to the name and address of the operator of the vehicle at the time of the offence ( the operator ), the registered operator must include the following information in a statutory declaration made for the purposes of section 201(5) of the Act—

        (a)     if the vehicle was not physically connected to any other vehicle at the time of the offence—

              (i)     a statement setting out by, or under, what or whose authority (whether oral or written) the operator had control, use or management of the vehicle at the time of the offence; and

              (ii)     the address of any premises (other than the address of the operator) from which the operator, or a person acting on behalf of the operator, had the control, use or management of the vehicle at the time of the offence;

        (b)     if the vehicle was part of a group of vehicles that were physically connected at the time of the offence—

              (i)     if the vehicle was the towing vehicle, the name and address of the operator of every other vehicle forming part of the group at the time of the offence; and

              (ii)     if the vehicle was a trailer, the name and address of the operator of the towing vehicle; and

              (iii)     a statement setting out by, or under, what or whose authority (whether oral or written) the operator had control, use or management of the vehicle at the time of the offence; and

              (iv)     the address of any premises (other than the address of the operator) from which the operator, or a person acting on behalf of the operator, had the control, use or management of the vehicle at the time of the offence.

    (2)     For the purposes of section 201(5) of the Act, the time within which the statutory declaration must be given to the Corporation is—

        (a)     before, or within 28 days after, the service of a summons in respect of the offence; or

        (b)     if an infringement notice was served on the registered operator in respect of the offence, before the infringement penalty has been lodged with an infringements registrar under Part 4 of the Infringements Act 2006 .

    (3)     For the purposes of section 201(5) of the Act, the statutory declaration must be given to the Corporation by delivering it personally or by post.

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