National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation – Compliance and Enforcement Bill) Regulations 2006
154Sudden or extraordinary emergency
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154 Sudden or extraordinary emergency
Note: (see Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) s 10.3)
(1) It is a defence to a charge for a road law offence if the person charged carried out the conduct constituting the offence in response to circumstances of sudden or extraordinary emergency. (2) This section applies if and only if the person carrying out the conduct reasonably believed that: (a) circumstances of sudden or extraordinary emergency exist; and (b) committing the offence is the only reasonable way to deal with the emergency; and (c) the conduct is a reasonable response to the emergency.