Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00708:clause:2_154
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00708
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 154
Character Range: 226366–226959

154  Sudden or extraordinary emergency
(see Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) s 10.3)
 (1) It is a defence to a charge for a road law offence if the person charged carried out the conduct constituting the offence in response to circumstances of sudden or extraordinary emergency.
 (2) This section applies if and only if the person carrying out the conduct reasonably believed that:
 (a) circumstances of sudden or extraordinary emergency exist; and
 (b) committing the offence is the only reasonable way to deal with the emergency; and
 (c) the conduct is a reasonable response to the emergency.