TRAFFIC REGULATIONS 1999
27Interfering with traffic infringement detection device
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27 Interfering with traffic infringement detection device (1) A person must not unlawfully tamper with, interfere with or cause damage to a traffic infringement detection device. (2) A person must not unlawfully interfere with the operation of a traffic infringement detection device. (3) A person must not drive a vehicle that has in it or on it a device for preventing the effective operation of a traffic infringement detection device. (4) A person must not drive a vehicle that has in it or on it a device for detecting whether a traffic infringement detection device is in operation in the vicinity of the vehicle. (5) A person commits an offence against subregulation (3) or (4) whether or not the device in or on the vehicle is in use. (6) If a police officer believes on reasonable grounds that a person has, or a vehicle is fitted with, a device that is intended to be used in contravention of this regulation, the officer may seize the device for the purposes of tendering it in evidence in a prosecution of the person. (7) If a person is found guilty of an offence against this regulation, the court may order a device seized under subregulation (6), or a device used in the commission of the offence, to be forfeited to the Territory.