CRIMINAL LAW - Appeal - appeal against conviction and sentence - appellant passenger whilst driver on learner's permit - driver convicted of exceed .08% - appellant in front passenger seat asleep - no authority given to learner to drive - whether appellant liable for actions of learner driver - appeal allowed - conviction quashed.
Criminal Code, s 1, s 5, s 22, s 31, s 32, s 33, s 54; Interpretation Act, s 55(3), s 61; Motor Vehicle Act, s 9, s 10A; Motor Vehicle Regulations 1996 (SA), reg 27; Road Safety (Drivers) Regulations (Vic), reg 214; Traffic Act, s 19(2), s 53; Traffic Regulation, reg 11, reg 12(2), reg 12(10), reg 92, reg 93
Burns v Bidder [1967] 2 QB 227; He Kaw The v The Queen [1985] HCA 43; (1984-1985) 157 CLR 523 at 564-565 and 570; Hoessinger v The Queen [1992] NTSC 23; (1992) 62 A Crim R 146 at 149; Jiminez v The Queen [1992] HCA 14; (1992) 173 CLR 572 at 581; Kroon v The Queen (1991) 52 A Crim R 15; Police v Adams [1971] 1 NZLR 695; Kroon v The Queen (1991) 55 SASR 476; Mayer v Marchant (1973) 5 SASR 567;
Norcock v Bowey [1966] SASR 250; R v Hinz [1972] Qd R 272; Sanby v The Queen [1993] NTCCA 84; (1993) 117 FLR 218 at 222; Waldie v Cook (1988) 91 FLR 413; applied
Case Details
Citation[2004] NTSC 24
CourtNTSC
JurisdictionNorthern Territory
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