Total exclusion: criminal use of vehicle
10 Total exclusion: criminal use of vehicle
No benefits are payable under this Act for a person's injury or death in, or as a result of, a motor accident if the person:
was, under a law of the Territory or another jurisdiction, criminally responsible for the theft or unlawful use of a motor vehicle involved in the accident (whether or not the person's guilt has been established in criminal proceedings); or
was using a motor vehicle involved in the accident for, or in connection with, the commission of an indictable offence (against a law of the Territory or another jurisdiction); or
was using a motor vehicle involved in the accident to escape from the scene of, or to avoid apprehension or escape detention for, an offence (against a law of the Territory or some other jurisdiction);
or
was using a motor vehicle involved in the accident intending to inflict death or injury on himself, herself or another.
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