South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT (VEHICLE AND VESSEL OFFENCES) ACT 2005 (NO 81 OF 2005) - SECT 17

17—Amendment of section 76—Duty to give assistance and provide particulars

        (1)         Section 76(1)—delete "it is the duty of a person who is in a position to do so to" and substitute:

a person who is in a position to do so must

        (2)         Section 76(1)—after subsection (1) insert:

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         in the case of a person who was the operator of a vessel involved in the accident—imprisonment for 5 years;

            (b)         in any other case—$2 500.

        (3)         Section 76(2)—delete "it is the duty of the person who was in charge of the vessel at the time of the accident to" and substitute:

the person who was in charge of the vessel at the time of the accident must

        (4)         Section 76(2)—after subsection (2) insert:

Maximum penalty: $1 250.

        (5)         Section 76(3)—delete subsection (3)