70Tampering or interfering with motor vehicle without just cause or excuse

70 Tampering or interfering with motor vehicle without just cause or excuse (1) A person who, without just cause or excuse, tampers or interferes with a motor vehicle owned by any other person is guilty of an offence. 1. 2 penalty units or imprisonment for 14 days. S. 70(1A) inserted by No. 5/1990 s. 12. (1A) A person must not, without just cause or excuse, tamper or interfere with specified equipment fitted or attached to a motor vehicle. 1. 25 penalty units. S. 70(1B) inserted by No. 5/1990 s. 12. (1B) In subsection (1A), ***specified equipment*** means equipment of a type specified for the purposes of this section by the Minister in a notice published in the Government Gazette. S. 70(1C) inserted by No. 5/1990 s. 12, substituted by No. 81/2006 s. 10, amended by No. 5/2016 s. 36(Sch. 1 item 37). (1C) On convicting a person, or finding a person guilty, of an offence against subsection (1A) the court may, if the person holds a driver licence or learner permit, cancel that licence or permit and, whether or not the person holds a driver licence or learner permit, disqualify the person from obtaining one for a period the court thinks fit, not exceeding 4 years. (2) The accused has the burden of proving just cause or excuse. S. 71 amended by Nos 53/1989 s. 16(1)(2), 5/2016 s. 36(Sch. 1 item 38), 46/2024 s. 34(c).