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Road Transport (General) Act 1999
60AMeaning of first offender and repeat offender—s 60
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60A Meaning of first offender and repeat offender—s 60
(1) A person who is convicted or found guilty of a failing to identify or
stop offence is a first offender in relation to the offence if the person
is not a repeat offender in relation to the offence.
Note Found guilty, of an offence—see the Legislation Act, dictionary, pt 1.
(2) A person who is convicted or found guilty of a failing to identify or
stop offence (the relevant offence) is a repeat offender in relation to
the offence if—
(a) the person has been convicted or found guilty of a failing to
identify or stop offence that was committed at any time before
the relevant offence was committed (whether or not the person
has been convicted or found guilty of the failing to identify or
stop offence when the person committed the relevant offence);
or
(b) the person is convicted or found guilty of 1 or more failing to
identify or stop offences concurrently with being convicted of
the relevant offence, and 1 or more of the identification offences
were committed before the relevant offence.
failing to identify or stop offence means—
(a) an offence against section 60 (1) (which is about requiring
people to disclose the identity of a driver), if the requirement is
to give information about the driver of a motor vehicle who is
alleged to have committed an offence against the Road
Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999,
section 5C (Failing to stop motor vehicle for police); or
(b) an offence against the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic
Management) Act 1999, section 5C (which is about failing to
stop a motor vehicle when asked or signalled to do so by a police
officer).