Corporate infringements

Corporations must take reasonable steps to identify who was driving at the time it received an infringement notice.

Read about traffic and parking infringements.

The driver at the time of the offence may receive demerit points or other penalties.

Read about demerit points and suspensions.

Responsibilities of registered operators

If your corporation is the registered operator for a vehicle, you’ll receive the infringement notice for a traffic or parking offence.

If the infringement carries demerit points, once you pay for the infringement, a ‘strike’ will be applied to your corporation.

If you receive and pay another infringement with demerit points, a second ‘strike’ will be applied.

If you receive a second ‘strike’, and don’t identify the responsible driver, your corporation will receive a suspension warning notice.

You have until the time stated in the notice to identify the driver.

If you don’t, Access Canberra will suspend the vehicle’s registration.

If the vehicle is registered in another state or territory, Access Canberra will suspend the right of anyone to drive the vehicle in the ACT.

Suspensions

Suspensions last for 6 months or up until you identify the responsible driver.

Selling, transferring or disposing of the vehicle involved in the offence won’t remove the suspension. It will transfer to another vehicle registered to the corporation.

Division 3.3A of the Road Transport (General) Act 1999 sets out the rules and penalties for corporate infringements.

Nominate the driver responsible

You can nominate the person responsible for the offence.

Read about declaring a responsible person.

Track your drivers

If your corporation receives an infringement notice, you should know who was operating the vehicle at the time.

An easy way to keep a record of vehicle use is to have your employees keep a driver log.

Use Access Canberra’s Vehicle driver log template (PDF 66KB).