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(1) A person who

(a) supplies or fits a motor vehicle part to a motor vehicle, or

(b) causes or permits a motor vehicle part to be fitted to a motor vehicle, in such circumstances that the use of the motor vehicle on a road would, by reason of that part being fitted to the motor vehicle, involve a danger or injury to any person or damage to property or constitute a contravention of, or failure to comply with, any of the construction and use requirements, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 250 penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 12 months or to both.

(2) An authorized motor vehicle examiner may at any reasonable time enter premises where, in the course of a business, motor vehicle parts are fitted to motor vehicles or are supplied, test and inspect any motor vehicle or motor vehicle part found on those premises, for the purposes of ascertaining whether

(a) a motor vehicle part has been fitted to a motor vehicle in such circumstances that the use of the motor vehicle on a road would, by reason of that part being fitted to the motor vehicle, constitute a contravention of, or failure to comply with any of the construction and use requirements or involve a danger or injury to any person or damage to property, or

(b) the motor vehicle part could not be supplied for fitting to a motor vehicle used on the roads without the commission of an offence under this Act.

(3) For the purpose of testing a motor vehicle and any trailer drawn by the motor vehicle, the vehicle examiner may drive it and for the purpose of testing a trailer may draw the trailer with the motor vehicle.

(4) A person who obstruct a vehicle examiner acting under subsection (2) of (3) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 25 penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 2 months or to both.