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Land Transport Act 1998

Offences relating to driving (other than alcohol- and drug-related offences) and penalties - Offences relating to rules

41: Contravention of emergency rules

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“Breaking emergency rules can get you in trouble”

If you break an emergency rule without a good reason, you are committing an offence. This means you’re doing something against the law.

If you’re found guilty of breaking an emergency rule, you might have to pay a fine. The amount of the fine depends on whether you’re an individual person or a company.

If you’re an individual person, the most you might have to pay is $2,000. If you’re a company (which the law calls a ‘body corporate’), the most you might have to pay is $10,000.

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Part 5 Offences relating to driving (other than alcohol- and drug-related offences) and penalties
Offences relating to rules

41Contravention of emergency rules

  1. A person commits an offence if the person, without reasonable excuse, acts in contravention of or fails to comply with an emergency rule.

  2. If a person is convicted of an offence against subsection (1),—

  3. the maximum fine for an individual is $2,000:
    1. the maximum fine for a body corporate is $10,000.