What the Law states - Tampering or interfering with motor vehicle without just cause or excuse

Road Safety Act 1986 - SECT 70

Tampering or interfering with motor vehicle without just cause or excuse

70. Tampering or interfering with motor vehicle without just cause or excuse

(1) 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.

Penalty: 2 penalty units or imprisonment for 14 days.

(1A) A person must not, without just cause or excuse, tamper or interfere with specified equipment fitted or attached to a motor vehicle.

Penalty: 25 penalty units.

(1B) 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.

(2) The accused has the burden of proving just cause or excuse.