19ABMeaning of “road crime”

19AB Meaning of “road crime”

19AB Meaning of “road crime”

(1) In this Act, a road crime means—

(a) an act or series of acts, committed by a person in New South Wales, that—

(i) involved a motor vehicle, and

(ii) caused the death of another person, and

(b) an act in relation to which one of the following applies—

(i) charges have been laid against the alleged offender for an offence in relation to the act or series of acts,

(ii) charges cannot be laid because the alleged offender has died or cannot be identified but, on the balance of probabilities, an offence has apparently occurred,

(iii) circumstances prescribed by the regulations.

(2) The regulations may prescribe circumstances in which an act or series of acts does not constitute a road crime.

s 19AB: Ins 2024 No 92, Sch 1[7].