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Land Transport Act 1998

Offences relating to driving (other than alcohol- and drug-related offences) and penalties - Other offences

47: Contravention of section 22(2), (3), (4), or (5)

You could also call this:

“Breaking rules about sharing information after a vehicle accident”

If you are in a vehicle accident, you need to give certain information and report what happened. If you don’t do these things when you’re supposed to, you might be breaking the law.

You could be in trouble if you don’t give the information that section 22(2) asks for when someone wants it from you. This might happen after an accident.

You could also be in trouble if someone gets hurt or dies in an accident you’re involved in, and you don’t tell the police about it like section 22(3) says you should.

If you damage a car or something else in an accident and don’t report it as sections 22(4) or 22(5) say you should, you might be breaking the law too.

For any of these things, if you’re found guilty, you might have to pay up to $5,000 as a fine.

Remember, you won’t be in trouble if you have a good reason for not doing these things. But it’s always best to follow the rules if you can.

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Other offences

47Contravention of section 22(2), (3), (4), or (5)

  1. A person commits an offence if the person, without reasonable excuse, fails to provide the particulars specified under section 22(2) when required to do so under that section.

  2. A person commits an offence if the person, without reasonable excuse, fails to report an accident involving an injury to or the death of a person, in accordance with section 22(3), when required to do so by that section.

  3. A person commits an offence if the person, without reasonable excuse, fails to report damage to a motor vehicle or other property, in accordance with section 22(4) or (5), when required to do so by the applicable section.

  4. The maximum penalty on conviction for an offence against subsection (1) or subsection (2) or subsection (3) is a fine not exceeding $5,000.

Notes
  • Section 47: substituted, on , by section 28 of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 77).