Tampering or interfering with motor vehicle without just cause or excuse
70 Tampering or interfering with motor vehicle without just cause or excuse
A person who, without just cause or excuse, tampers or interferes with a motor vehicle owned by any other person is guilty of an offence.
- 2 penalty units or imprisonment for 14 days.
S. 70(1A) inserted by No. 5/1990 s. 12.
A person must not, without just cause or excuse, tamper or interfere with specified equipment fitted or attached to a motor vehicle.
- 25 penalty units.
S. 70(1B) inserted by No. 5/1990 s. 12.
In subsection (1A), specified equipment means equipment of a type specified for the purposes of this section by the Minister in a notice published in the Government Gazette.
S. 70(1C) inserted by No. 5/1990 s. 12, substituted by No. 81/2006 s. 10, amended by No. 5/2016 s. 36(Sch. 1 item 37).
On convicting a person, or finding a person guilty, of an offence against subsection (1A) the court may, if the person holds a driver licence or learner permit, cancel that licence or permit and, whether or not the person holds a driver licence or learner permit, disqualify the person from obtaining one for a period the court thinks fit, not exceeding 4 years.
The accused has the burden of proving just cause or excuse.
S. 71 amended by Nos 53/1989 s. 16(1)(2), 5/2016 s. 36(Sch. 1 item 38), 46/2024 s. 34(c).
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