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Sentencing Act 2002

Sentences, orders, and related matters - Discharge and miscellaneous orders - Forfeiture of vehicles used in offence of failing to stop, etc

142AAE: Offender must not acquire new interest in motor vehicle for 12 months

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"No new cars for 12 months if yours is taken away for breaking the law"

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If a court takes away your vehicle because you broke the law, you must not buy or get another vehicle for 12 months. You are not allowed to get any interest in a vehicle during this time. If you do, you can get a fine of up to $500.

If you are found guilty of getting a vehicle when you are not supposed to, the court can take away the new vehicle instead of, or as well as, giving you a fine. The court will follow the same rules as when they took away your first vehicle, which are outlined in section 142AAF and other related sections. This means the court can make decisions about what happens to the new vehicle, based on these rules.

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Part 2Sentences, orders, and related matters
Discharge and miscellaneous orders: Forfeiture of vehicles used in offence of failing to stop, etc

142AAEOffender must not acquire new interest in motor vehicle for 12 months

  1. This section applies if—

  2. a court makes an order for the forfeiture of a motor vehicle under section 142AAB; or
    1. a court has made an order under section 131(2)(a) (as applied by section 142AAF) prohibiting an offender from acquiring a motor vehicle for 12 months.

      1. The offender must not, within 12 months after the date of the order, acquire any interest in any motor vehicle.

      2. A person who acquires any interest in a motor vehicle in contravention of subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500.

      3. If a court convicts a person of an offence against this section, then instead of, or in addition to, imposing a fine, the court may order that the motor vehicle concerned be confiscated.

      4. If a court orders the confiscation of a motor vehicle under subsection (4), sections 129EA, 130, 131 to 135, 136A, 137 (except section 137(3)(g)), and 138 to 142 (as applied and modified by section 142AAF) apply accordingly.

      Notes
      • Section 142AAE: inserted, on , by section 42 of the Land Transport (Road Safety) Amendment Act 2023 (2023 No 62).