New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1988 - SECT 11H

11H Intimidatory use of vehicles and vessels

(1) A person must not operate a motorised vehicle or motorised vessel in a public place:

(a) in such a manner as to harass or intimidate another person, or

(b) in such a manner as would be likely to cause a person of reasonable firmness to fear for his or her personal safety.

Maximum penalty: 6 penalty units.

(2) No person of reasonable firmness need actually be, or be likely to be, present at the scene.

(3) A person is not liable to be convicted (in respect of the same act or omission) of both:

(a) an offence under this section, and

(b) an offence under section 4AA of the Traffic Act 1909 or section 43 of the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999 .

(4) In this section:
"vehicle" includes:

(a) anything on wheels, tracks or skis, other than a vehicle used on a railway, tramway or monorail, and

(b) anything else declared by the regulations to be a vehicle for the purposes of this section.

"vessel" includes:

(a) anything that is used, or is capable of being used, as a means of transportation on, under or immediately above water, and

(b) anything else declared by the regulations to be a vessel for the purposes of this section.