117Exceptions to liability of owners and drivers of vehicles in relation to littering of waste

117 Exceptions to liability of owners and drivers of vehicles in relation to littering of waste (1) A person specified in section 116(2) is not taken to have committed an offence against section 115(1), (2), (3) or (4) if the waste was deposited from a vehicle and— (a) the vehicle is a train, tram, bus, ferry, passenger vessel, passenger plane or other public transport vehicle; and (i) the waste was deposited by a passenger of that vehicle; and (ii) the vehicle was being used for a public purpose at the time of the offence; or (b) the vehicle is a commercial passenger vehicle within the meaning of the **Commercial Passenger Vehicle Industry Act 2017** and the waste was deposited by a passenger of the commercial passenger vehicle at the time of the offence; or (c) the person provides a written statement in accordance with section 118. (2) The registered owner or the authorised user of a vehicle is not taken to have committed an offence against section 115(1), (2), (3) or (4) if the registered owner's vehicle was a stolen vehicle at the time of the offence. S. 118 inserted by No. 39/2018 s. 7 (as amended by Nos 27/2019 ss 12−30, 3/2020 ss 42–44, 47/2020 s. 26).