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Motor Accidents (Compensation) Act 1979
10Total exclusion: criminal use of vehicle
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10 Total exclusion: criminal use of vehicle
No benefits are payable under this Act for a person's injury or death
in, or as a result of, a motor accident if the person:
(a) was, under a law of the Territory or another jurisdiction,
criminally responsible for the theft or unlawful use of a motor
vehicle involved in the accident (whether or not the person's
guilt has been established in criminal proceedings); or
(b) was using a motor vehicle involved in the accident for, or in
connection with, the commission of an indictable offence
(against a law of the Territory or another jurisdiction); or
(c) was using a motor vehicle involved in the accident to escape
from the scene of, or to avoid apprehension or escape
detention for, an offence (against a law of the Territory or
some other jurisdiction); or
(d) was using a motor vehicle involved in the accident intending to
inflict death or injury on himself, herself or another.
Part 3 Entitlement to benefits
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