Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (THIRD-PARTY INSURANCE) ACT 2008 - SECT 17

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person uses a motor vehicle on a road or road related area; and

        (b)     the vehicle is not an insured motor vehicle.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

Note 1     Use , a vehicle, is defined in s 8 and includes provisions about trailers. Road and road related area are defined in the dictionary.

Note 2     Penalties imposed under this Act must be paid into the nominal defendant fund (see s 163B).

    (2)     This section does not apply to a person who uses a motor vehicle on a road or road related area if—

        (a)     there is an unregistered vehicle permit in force for the vehicle; or

        (b)     the registration provisions do not apply to the vehicle because of the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2000 , part 2.2 (Vehicles not subject to registration provisions); or

        (c)     the vehicle is exempted from this section by regulation.

    (3)     It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against this section if the defendant establishes that, at the time the motor vehicle was used on the road or road related area, the defendant believed on reasonable grounds that the vehicle was an insured motor vehicle.

Note     A trailer does not have to be separately insured (see s 19, s 60 to s 63).