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Meaning of use motor vehicle

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11 Meaning of use motor vehicle

(1)

In this Act:

use, a motor vehicle, includes the following:

(a)

drive, park or stop the motor vehicle on a road or road related area;

(b)

maintain the motor vehicle;

(c)

if the motor vehicle is towing a trailer—use the trailer while attached to the vehicle;

(d)

if the motor vehicle is a tow truck towing or carrying an uninsured motor vehicle—use or operate the uninsured vehicle being towed or carried;

(e)

anything else prescribed by regulation.

(2)

Also, if a trailer towed by a motor vehicle becomes detached from the vehicle and runs out of control, the use of the vehicle is taken to include the trailer while it is running out of control.

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