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319AA Dangerous or negligent driving while pursued by police
(1)A person must not drive a motor vehicle dangerously or negligently if he or she knows, or ought reasonably to know, that— Penalty: 3 years imprisonment.
(a)he or she has been given a direction to stop the vehicle by a police officer; and
S. 319AA(1)(a) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 36.9).
S. 319AA(1)(b) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 36.9).
(2)For the purposes of subsection (1)—
(a)a person drives a motor vehicle dangerously if he or she drives the vehicle at a speed or in a manner that is dangerous to the public having regard to all the circumstances of the case; and
(b)a person drives a motor vehicle negligently if he or she fails unjustifiably and to a gross degree to observe the standard of care which a reasonable person would have observed in all the circumstances of the case; and
S. 319AA(2)(c) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 36.9).
(d)it is irrelevant that the police pursuit is suspended or terminated before the motor vehicle being pursued stops.
(3)In this section— direction to stop has the same meaning as it has in section 64A(5) of the Road Safety Act 1986; motor vehicle does not include a vessel.