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(1) A person who,

(a) takes and drives away a motor vehicle without the consent of the owner of the vehicle or other lawful authority, or

(b) knowing that a motor vehicle has been taken without the owner's consent, drives it or allows himself or herself to be carried in it without such consent or authority, or

(c) without the consent of the owner or other lawful authority enters any motor vehicle or tampers with the motor vehicle or any part of it, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 250 penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 12 months or to both.

(2) A person who, without the consent of the owner or other lawful authority, takes a pedal cycle for that person's own or another person's use commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or to both.

(3) A police officer may arrest without warrant a person committing, attempting to commit or reasonably suspected of having committed, an offence under this section.