Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

MOTOR TRAFFIC ACT 1936 (REPEALED) - SECT 51

(1)     A person shall not use, or cause, suffer or permit any other person to use, a motor vehicle on a public street unless there is in force in relation to the use of the vehicle by that person or that other person, as the case may be, a third-party policy.

Penalty—

        (a)     for a first offence—5 penalty units; or

        (b)     for any subsequent offence—10 penalty units.

(2)     In addition to any penalty imposed under subsection (1), the Court may order, on the conviction of any person of an offence against that subsection, that—

        (b)     the registration of the motor vehicle in respect of which the offence was committed shall be cancelled and that person shall not be entitled to have the vehicle re-registered,

for a period of 12 months from the date of the conviction.

(2A)     In a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1), an averment in the information that there was not in force in relation to the use referred to in the information of the vehicle a third-party policy is evidence of the matter averred.

(3)     It shall be a sufficient defence in any proceedings for a contravention of subsection (1) if the defendant proves to the satisfaction of the Court that at the time the vehicle was used upon the public street he or she had reasonable grounds for believing and did in fact believe that the motor vehicle was an insured motor vehicle.