Section 97Part 7 — Control of Road Users
Rental vehicles
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97. (1) This section applies where —
a notice to owner has been served on a vehicle-hire entity;
at the time of the alleged offence the vehicle in respect of which the notice to owner was served was let to another person by the vehicle-hire firm under a hiring agreement; and
within the period allowed for response to the notice to owner the vehicle- hire firm provides the Commissioner with the documents mentioned in subsection (2). Traffic Act (2026 Revision) Section 98 c Revised as at 31st December, 2025 Page 71
The documents referred to in subsection (1) are a statement in the prescribed form stating that at the time of the alleged offence the vehicle concerned was hired under a hiring agreement, together with —
a copy of that hiring agreement; and
a copy of a statement of liability signed by the hirer under that hiring agreement.
Where this section applies, sections 95 and 96 have effect as if —
a reference to the owner of the vehicle were a reference to the hirer under the hiring agreement; and
a reference to a prescribed statement of ownership were a reference to a prescribed statement of hiring, and accordingly references in this Part to a notice to owner include references to a notice served under section 95 as it applies by virtue of this section.
In this section “statement of liability” means a statement made by the hirer under a hiring agreement to the effect that the hirer acknowledges that that person will be liable, as the owner of the vehicle —
in respect of an offence which may be committed with respect to the vehicle during the currency of the hiring agreement; and
to give such information as may be prescribed.