Clause 19

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) It is presumed, until the contrary is proved, that a person alters (whether in the course of repair or otherwise) any personal mobility device, PAB, bicycle, mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair so as to render it a non‑compliant personal mobility device, non‑compliant PAB, non‑compliant bicycle or a non‑compliant mobility vehicle (as the case may be) if it is proved —

that the accused had possession of the personal mobility device, PAB, bicycle, mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair;

that the personal mobility device, PAB, bicycle, mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair (as the case may be) was not a non‑compliant personal mobility device, non‑compliant PAB, non‑compliant bicycle or non‑compliant mobility vehicle, when the accused acquired possession of it; and

that at the time or soon after the personal mobility device, PAB, bicycle, mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair (as the case may be) ceased to be in the accused’s possession, the personal mobility device, PAB, bicycle, mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair is non‑compliant.”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “personal mobility devices, power‑assisted bicycles or bicycles” wherever they appear in subsections (2) and (3), the words “, or mobility scooters or motorised wheelchairs”; and

by inserting, immediately after the words “such devices or bicycles” in subsection (3), the words “, or such mobility scooters or motorised wheelchairs (as the case may be)”.