CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 154G Facilitating organised car, boat or trailer rebirthing activities

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 154G

154G Facilitating organised car, boat or trailer rebirthing activities

(1) A person who facilitates a car, boat or trailer rebirthing activity that is carried out on an organised basis knowing that--

(a) it is a car, boat or trailer rebirthing activity, and

(b) it is carried out on an organised basis,

is guilty of an offence.

: Maximum penalty--imprisonment for 14 years.

(2) For the purposes of this section, a
"car, boat or trailer rebirthing activity" is an activity involving one or more of the following--

(a) the stealing of a motor vehicle, vessel or trailer or the receiving of a stolen motor vehicle, stolen vessel or stolen trailer,

(b) the interference with a motor vehicle, vessel or trailer, or a part of a motor vehicle, vessel or trailer, or a unique identifier, for the purpose of concealing the fact that a motor vehicle, vessel or trailer, or any part of a motor vehicle, vessel or trailer, is stolen,

(c) the affixing of stolen parts to a motor vehicle, vessel or trailer,

(d) the interference with a unique identifier, being a unique identifier that wholly or partly identifies a motor vehicle, vessel or trailer for registration under a law of any jurisdiction, for the purpose of disguising or misrepresenting the identity of a motor vehicle, vessel or trailer,

(e) the registration, in this or any other jurisdiction, of a stolen motor vehicle, stolen vessel or stolen trailer, or of a motor vehicle, vessel or trailer that has had stolen parts affixed to it,

(f) the supply of, or offering to supply, a stolen motor vehicle, stolen vessel or stolen trailer.

(3) A person
"facilitates" a car, boat or trailer rebirthing activity if the person--

(a) takes, or participates in, any step, or causes any step to be taken, that is part of the activity, or

(b) provides or arranges finance for any step that is part of the activity, or

(c) provides the premises in which any step that is part of the activity is taken, or allows any step that is part of the activity to be taken in premises of which the person is the owner, lessee or occupier or of which the person has the care, control or management.

(4) A car, boat or trailer rebirthing activity is carried out on an
"organised basis" if--

(a) it is planned, organised, structured or otherwise carried out in such a manner as to indicate that the activity is carried out on more than one occasion and involves more than one participant, and

(b) it is carried out for profit or gain.

(5) In proceedings for an offence against this section, for the purpose of proving that an activity was carried out on an organised basis, or that the accused knew it was carried out on an organised basis, it is not necessary to prove--

(a) that the accused knew any of the participants in the activity or that any of the participants knew each other, or

(b) that the activity was planned, organised, structured or otherwise carried out under the direction of any particular person or persons or in any hierarchical manner, or

(c) that the same participants were involved on each occasion on which the activity was carried out.