Road Traffic Act 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 1 · Registration and Licensing of Vehicles
6E. Interfering with autonomous motor vehicle trial, etc.
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A person who, without reasonable excuse —
hinders or obstructs an approved trial or the carrying out of an approved special use; or
interferes with any equipment or device in or on an autonomous motor vehicle, or relating to any automated vehicle technology, used in an approved trial or approved special use,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
In proceedings for an offence under subsection (1), it is a defence for the defendant to prove, on a balance of probabilities, that the defendant did not know, and could not reasonably have known, that the activity that caused the hindrance, obstruction or interference would cause the hindrance, obstruction or interference, as the case may be.
To avoid doubt, this section does not affect the operation of the Computer Misuse Act 1993.