Section 29: Penalisation of tampering with motor vehicles

Road Traffic Act 1972 · 1972 c. 20View on legislation.gov.uk

Road Traffic Act 1972
- Section 28: Inquests on road deaths in Greater London
- Section 30: Penalisation of holding or getting on to vehicle in order to be towed or carried

Part I: Principal Road Safety Provisions

If, while a motor vehicle is on a road or on a parking place provided by a local authority, a person otherwise than with lawful authority or reasonable cause gets on to the vehicle or tampers with the brake or other part of its mechanism, he shall be guilty of an offence.

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