MOTOR ACCIDENT INSURANCE ACT 1994 - SECT 20
Offence of driving uninsured vehicle etc.
MOTOR ACCIDENT INSURANCE ACT 1994 - SECT 20
Offence of driving uninsured vehicle etc.
20 Offence of driving uninsured vehicle etc.
(1) A person must not drive an uninsured motor vehicle on a road or in a
public place.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—80 penalty units.
(2) A
person who is the owner of an uninsured motor vehicle must not permit someone
else to drive it on a road or in a public place.
Penalty—
Maximum
penalty—80 penalty units.
(3) It is a defence to a charge of an offence
against this section to prove that the defendant had reasonable grounds to
believe and did believe the motor vehicle was an insured motor vehicle.
(4)
This section does not apply to a motor vehicle of a class exempted from its
application by regulation.
(5) Also, this section does not apply to a motor
vehicle to which a gratuitous CTP insurance policy under section 20A(2)
relates.
