A person who has the care or control of a child and who leaves the child in a motor vehicle (as defined in the Road Traffic Act 1974) without proper supervision for such period or in such circumstances that ¾

(a) the child becomes or is likely to become emotionally distressed; or

(b) the child's health becomes or is likely to become permanently or temporarily impaired,

is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 5 years.

Summary conviction penalty: $36 000 and imprisonment for 3 years.