sec.19CUnlawful conduct associated with commission of racing, burn out or other hooning offence

### sec.19C Unlawful conduct associated with commission of racing, burn out or other hooning offence A person must not— participate in a hooning group activity; or without reasonable excuse, spectate a hooning group activity; or organise, promote or encourage the doing of a thing mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) by someone else; or for a purpose mentioned in paragraph (c) , photograph or film, or publish a photograph or film of, a motor vehicle being used to commit a racing, burn out or other hooning offence. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. A driver of a motor vehicle who commits a racing, burn out or other hooning offence may not be convicted of both— an offence against subsection (1) (a) for participating in a hooning group activity by committing the racing, burn out or other hooning offence; and the racing, burn out or other hooning offence. Without limiting what may be a reasonable excuse for subsection (1) (b) , a person has a reasonable excuse for spectating a hooning group activity if— the person is a journalist gathering information for the purpose of journalism; or the person is gathering information for the purpose of reporting the information to the police. In this section— gathering includes recording. hooning group activity means a group activity involving a motor vehicle being used to commit a racing, burn out or other hooning offence. spectate a hooning group activity— means remain at the place where the activity is being carried on and watch the activity; and does not include, for a person moving through or past the place where the activity is being carried on, stop momentarily to watch the activity before moving on. s 19C ins 2023 No. 10 s 34 sub 2024 No. 45 s 91 (sec.19C-ssec.1) A person must not— participate in a hooning group activity; or without reasonable excuse, spectate a hooning group activity; or organise, promote or encourage the doing of a thing mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) by someone else; or for a purpose mentioned in paragraph (c) , photograph or film, or publish a photograph or film of, a motor vehicle being used to commit a racing, burn out or other hooning offence. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. (sec.19C-ssec.2) A driver of a motor vehicle who commits a racing, burn out or other hooning offence may not be convicted of both— an offence against subsection (1) (a) for participating in a hooning group activity by committing the racing, burn out or other hooning offence; and the racing, burn out or other hooning offence. (sec.19C-ssec.3) Without limiting what may be a reasonable excuse for subsection (1) (b) , a person has a reasonable excuse for spectating a hooning group activity if— the person is a journalist gathering information for the purpose of journalism; or the person is gathering information for the purpose of reporting the information to the police. (sec.19C-ssec.4) In this section— gathering includes recording. hooning group activity means a group activity involving a motor vehicle being used to commit a racing, burn out or other hooning offence. spectate a hooning group activity— means remain at the place where the activity is being carried on and watch the activity; and does not include, for a person moving through or past the place where the activity is being carried on, stop momentarily to watch the activity before moving on. - (a) participate in a hooning group activity; or - (b) without reasonable excuse, spectate a hooning group activity; or - (c) organise, promote or encourage the doing of a thing mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) by someone else; or - (d) for a purpose mentioned in paragraph (c) , photograph or film, or publish a photograph or film of, a motor vehicle being used to commit a racing, burn out or other hooning offence. - (a) an offence against subsection (1) (a) for participating in a hooning group activity by committing the racing, burn out or other hooning offence; and - (b) the racing, burn out or other hooning offence. - (a) the person is a journalist gathering information for the purpose of journalism; or - (b) the person is gathering information for the purpose of reporting the information to the police. - (a) means remain at the place where the activity is being carried on and watch the activity; and - (b) does not include, for a person moving through or past the place where the activity is being carried on, stop momentarily to watch the activity before moving on.