Small Motorised Vehicles (Safety) Act 2020 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2A · Keeping of Unsafe Devices
8A. Keeping unsafe device
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A person commits an offence if the person, without reasonable excuse, keeps an unsafe device at any place knowing that, or reckless as to whether, the device is an unsafe device.
A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction —
where the person is an individual —
to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both; but(ii)where the individual is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both; or
in any other case —
to a fine not exceeding $4,000; but(ii)where the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $10,000.
In subsection (2), “repeat offender” means a person who —
is convicted, or found guilty, of an offence under subsection (1) (called the current offence); and
has been convicted or found guilty, on at least one other earlier occasion within the period of 5 years immediately before the date on which the person is convicted or found guilty of the current offence, of the same offence.