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Land Transport Act 1998

Additional responsibilities concerning road transport - Bylaws

22AF: Warning notices

You could also call this:

“Police can put warning stickers on cars that break road rules”

When you drive a vehicle in a way that breaks certain rules, a police officer can put a warning notice on your car. They might do this instead of giving you a ticket, or they might do both.

The warning notice needs to look a certain way. The Minister of Police decides what it should look like and tells everyone in a special newspaper called the Gazette. The police officer must put the notice on your car where you can see it, but it can’t block your view of the road while you’re driving.

Once the warning notice is on your car, it stays there for 90 days. You’re not allowed to take it off during that time.

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Part 3 Additional responsibilities concerning road transport
Bylaws

22AFWarning notices

  1. If a motor vehicle is operated in a manner that breaches a qualifying bylaw, an enforcement officer may attach a warning notice to the motor vehicle (instead of, or in addition to, issuing an applicable infringement notice).

  2. The warning notice must be—

  3. in the form prescribed by the Minister of Police by notice in the Gazette; and
    1. attached to the motor vehicle subject to the warning notice in a manner that—
      1. is visible; but
        1. does not interfere with the driver's view of the road.

        2. A warning notice attached to a motor vehicle under subsection (1)—

        3. is in effect for a period of 90 days from the date of its attachment; and
          1. must remain attached to the motor vehicle for that period.

            Notes
            • Section 22AF: inserted, on , by section 8 of the Land Transport (Enforcement Powers) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 36).