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Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
sec.108BMatters for decisions under ss 74A , 74B , 74C , 74D , 74E , 74F and 101
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### sec.108B Matters for decisions under ss 74A , 74B , 74C , 74D , 74E , 74F and 101
Subject to sections 108 and 108A , for a decision under sections 74A , 74B , 74C , 74D , 74E , 74F and 101 of whether or not a person has, or has previously, been charged with, or found guilty of, a vehicle related offence or motorbike noise order offence committed on a previous occasion or any occasion or occasions, the following do not matter—
whether or not any finding of guilt relied on relates to a charge heard and decided together with another charge or other charges relating to another or other findings of guilt being relied on;
whether or not findings of guilt relied on relate to charges that were heard and decided in the order in which the occasions of the commission of offences to which they related happened;
whether or not any occasion of the commission of an offence, or any charge or any finding of guilt, relied on happened before or after any occasion of the commission of an offence, charge or finding of guilt also relied on.
An offender commits vehicle related offences on 1 January (offence 1), 1 May (offence 2) and 1 June (offence 3). The offender is charged with offence 1 on 1 January, offence 2 on 1 May and offence 3 on 1 June. The offender is convicted of offence 3 on 15 June and offences 1 and 2 on 1 October. When a court or magistrate considers the application for impoundment or forfeiture on 1 December, for the purpose of counting the occasions mentioned in this subsection, there are 3 occasions the court may rely on to make an order.
For a decision under section 100 or 101 , the following do not matter—
whether or not any finding of guilt relied on is for an offence in relation to which the application was originally started;
An application may relate to particular vehicle related offences but before the application is decided, the driver is found guilty of another vehicle related offence. The court may rely on the latter finding of guilt when making an order under the sections mentioned.
whether or not any finding of guilt relied on in an application relates to an offence committed before or after the application was started.
s 108B (prev s 108(4)–(5)) amd 2006 No. 57 s 33 (8)
renum 2006 No. 57 s 33 (11)
amd 2013 No. 15 s 60
(sec.108B-ssec.1) Subject to sections 108 and 108A , for a decision under sections 74A , 74B , 74C , 74D , 74E , 74F and 101 of whether or not a person has, or has previously, been charged with, or found guilty of, a vehicle related offence or motorbike noise order offence committed on a previous occasion or any occasion or occasions, the following do not matter— whether or not any finding of guilt relied on relates to a charge heard and decided together with another charge or other charges relating to another or other findings of guilt being relied on; whether or not findings of guilt relied on relate to charges that were heard and decided in the order in which the occasions of the commission of offences to which they related happened; whether or not any occasion of the commission of an offence, or any charge or any finding of guilt, relied on happened before or after any occasion of the commission of an offence, charge or finding of guilt also relied on. An offender commits vehicle related offences on 1 January (offence 1), 1 May (offence 2) and 1 June (offence 3). The offender is charged with offence 1 on 1 January, offence 2 on 1 May and offence 3 on 1 June. The offender is convicted of offence 3 on 15 June and offences 1 and 2 on 1 October. When a court or magistrate considers the application for impoundment or forfeiture on 1 December, for the purpose of counting the occasions mentioned in this subsection, there are 3 occasions the court may rely on to make an order.
(sec.108B-ssec.2) For a decision under section 100 or 101 , the following do not matter— whether or not any finding of guilt relied on is for an offence in relation to which the application was originally started; An application may relate to particular vehicle related offences but before the application is decided, the driver is found guilty of another vehicle related offence. The court may rely on the latter finding of guilt when making an order under the sections mentioned. whether or not any finding of guilt relied on in an application relates to an offence committed before or after the application was started.
- (a) whether or not any finding of guilt relied on relates to a charge heard and decided together with another charge or other charges relating to another or other findings of guilt being relied on;
- (b) whether or not findings of guilt relied on relate to charges that were heard and decided in the order in which the occasions of the commission of offences to which they related happened;
- (c) whether or not any occasion of the commission of an offence, or any charge or any finding of guilt, relied on happened before or after any occasion of the commission of an offence, charge or finding of guilt also relied on.
- (a) whether or not any finding of guilt relied on is for an offence in relation to which the application was originally started; Example for paragraph (a) — An application may relate to particular vehicle related offences but before the application is decided, the driver is found guilty of another vehicle related offence. The court may rely on the latter finding of guilt when making an order under the sections mentioned.
- (b) whether or not any finding of guilt relied on in an application relates to an offence committed before or after the application was started.