Section 25 Tampering with motor vehicles.C1

F1(1)

If, while a motor vehicle is on a road or on a parking place provided by a local authority, a person—

(a)

gets on to the vehicle, or

(b)

tampers with the brake or other part of its mechanism,

without lawful authority or reasonable cause he is guilty of an offence.

F2(2)

For the purposes of subsection (1), the “mechanism” of a vehicle includes—

(a)

any equipment in or on the vehicle designed to allow the motion of the vehicle to be controlled other than by an individual in the vehicle, or to facilitate its being so controlled, and

(b)

any software installed in, or other electronic information stored in, any such equipment.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 25 renumbered as s. 25(1) (1.1.2026) by Automated Vehicles Act 2024 (c. 10), ss. 55(a), 99(1) (with s. 96); S.I. 2025/1339, reg. 2(1)(a)
F2: S. 25(2) inserted (1.1.2026) by Automated Vehicles Act 2024 (c. 10), ss. 55(b), 99(1) (with s. 96); S.I. 2025/1339, reg. 2(1)(a)

Modifications

C1: S. 25 applied (S.) (21.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/854, art. 3(4)(a)(b)

Notes on Part I

Modifications

C1: Pt. I modified (E.W.S.) (16.8.2006) by The Dover Harbour Revision Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2167), art. 27