Clause 20

by deleting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsections:“(3) A person required under subsection (1) or (2) by a police officer, an employee of the Authority or an outsourced enforcement officer to give information commits an offence if —

the person —

provides, or causes or permits to be provided, any information in connection with the requirement, which is false or misleading in a material particular; and

knows or ought reasonably to know that, or is reckless as to whether, the information is false or misleading in a material particular; or

the person intentionally alters, suppresses or destroys any information which the person is required under subsection (1) or (2) to give, for the purpose of not leading to the identification of the driver.(3A) A person commits an offence if the person pretends, or falsely represents (by word or conduct) himself or herself, to be a person who was driving the motor vehicle at or about the time of an alleged offence that is the subject of a requirement made under subsection (1) or (2), knowing that he or she was not the driver of the motor vehicle.(3B) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (3) or (3A) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.”;

by deleting subsection (7A);

by deleting the words “a proper and accurate record of each occasion on which it” in subsection (8) and substituting the words “(and to that end designate at least one of its responsible officers to ensure keeping) a proper and accurate record of each occasion on which the owner”;

by deleting the words “6 months” in subsection (9)(b) and substituting the words “12 months”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (9), the following subsection:“(10) In subsection (8), “responsible officer” means —

for a company, the person for the time being holding the office of chairperson, managing director or company secretary of, or any position analogous to any of those offices in, the company;

for a partnership, any partner of the partnership; or

for an unincorporated body of persons, the person for the time being holding the office of president, secretary or treasurer of the governing body or a committee (or an equivalent body) of, or any position analogous to any of those offices in, the body of persons,and includes any person carrying out the duties of any such office mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) if that office is vacant.”.