Criminal offences and nomination requirements for parking and camera recorded offences

Road Transport Legislation Amendment (Demerit Point Integrity Taskforce) Bill 2026

1st House

2nd House

Law

Introduced by: Jenny Aitchison (ALP)

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Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

Vehicle owners must nominate the person in charge of the car within 21 days for demerit point parking offences.
People who falsely dispute a nomination for a parking or camera offence face fines.
Fines are higher if the vehicle is not registered to a natural person.
People must provide a statutory declaration if Transport for NSW asks for one during a nomination dispute.
People who nominate an overseas driver must provide that driver's passport number and country of issue.
Drivers who breach a good behaviour period must serve double their original suspension time.
Drivers appealing a licence suspension cannot apply for any other type of licence until the Local Court decides the appeal.
It is a criminal offence to falsely nominate someone for a parking offence.

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