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Object to the fine. Object to the fine
Legislative Framework for the Alleged Offence Legislative Framework for the Alleged Offence
Does the National Measurement Act 1960 apply? Does the National Measurement Act 1960 apply?
Is the speedometer accuracy legislated?</span> Is the speedometer accuracy legislated?
Defence Of Honest And Reasonable Mistake Defence of Honest & Reasonable Mistake
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Section 88(1) of the Road Safety Act 1986 (Vic) states that:

A person who is referred to in section 77(2)(a), (c) or (d) who has reason to believe that a person has committed a traffic infringement of a kind that is prescribed for the purposes of this Part may issue or cause to be issued and serve or cause to be served on that person a traffic infringement notice in accordance with the regulations.

Regulation 601 of the Road Safety (General) Regulations 1999 (Vic) in turn states that an offence set out in Schedule 4 of those Regulations is a prescribed offence for the purposes of Part 7 of the Act.

The offence to which most offences within 10% of the speed limit relates is set out in Schedule 4 to the Road Safety (General) Regulations 1999, Code 1909, namely “Exceed speed limit in a vehicle other than a large vehicle by less than 10km/h”.

In a 110km/h zone a speed of 10% greater would be 11km/h over the limit and 121km/h. This would be Code 1010 "Exceed speed limit in a vehicle other than a large vehicle by 10 km/h or more but less than 15 km/h"