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Driving - Other Traffic Offences - VIC
Welcome to the VIC Offence to drive high powered motor vehicle article page. Everything you need to know about Offence to drive high powered motor vehicle according to VIC law - Dated: 09/01/2009

What the Law States according to VIC Law for Offence to drive high powered motor vehicle
According to VIC Law for the charge of Offence to drive high powered motor vehicle,

ROAD SAFETY (DRIVERS) REGULATIONS 1999

211A. Offence to drive high powered motor vehicle

(1) The holder of a probationary driver licence must not drive a high powered
motor vehicle on a highway.

The Maximum Penalty - Offence to drive high powered motor vehicle
According to VIC Law for the charge of Offence to drive high powered motor vehicle,
10 penalty units

What the Police must prove according to VIC Law for Offence to drive high powered motor vehicle

1. The driver was a probationary driver.

2. The driver drove a high powered motor vehicle on a highway.

Possible Defences under VIC Law - Offence to drive high powered motor vehicle

1. Factual dispute.

2. The person was driving a high powered motor vehicle in the course of his or her employment and at the request of his or her employer.

3. The person is exempt by written authorisation from VicRoads due to their employment or family circumstances.

4. The person was driving sitting next to a person who holds an appropriate licence for the category of vehicle and that there is a driver under instruction plate affixed to, and facing out from, the front and rear of the vehicle.

In VIC which court will hear the matter - Offence to drive high powered motor vehicle

Magistrates' Court
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