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Land Transport Act 1998

Offences relating to transport services and penalties

79H: Contravention of section 128A

You could also call this:

“Breaking rules for small passenger vehicles and their drivers”

If you have a small passenger service licence or if you drive a small passenger service vehicle, you must follow the instructions given by an enforcement officer under section 128A. If you don’t follow these instructions, you are breaking the law. This is called an offence.

If you are found guilty of not following the enforcement officer’s instructions, you might have to pay a fine. The most you can be fined for this offence is $2,000.

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Part 6A Offences relating to transport services and penalties

79HContravention of section 128A

  1. A person who holds a small passenger service licence or a driver of a small passenger service vehicle commits an offence if the person or the driver acts in contravention of or fails to comply with any direction given by an enforcement officer under section 128A.

  2. The maximum penalty on conviction for an offence against subsection (1) is a fine not exceeding $2,000.

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Notes
  • Section 79H: inserted, on , by section 38 of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 77).
  • Section 79H(1): amended, on , by section 83 of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 34).