Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999
7BAlternative verdicts—furious, reckless or dangerous
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7B Alternative verdicts—furious, reckless or dangerous driving—aggravated offence (1) This section applies if, in a prosecution for an aggravated offence against section 7, the trier of fact is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant committed an offence against section 7 but is not satisfied that the defendant committed the aggravated offence. (2) The trier of fact may find the defendant guilty of an offence against section 7 but not guilty of the aggravated offence charged, but only if the defendant has been given procedural fairness in relation to that finding of guilt.