Parks and Reserves Amendment Act 1983 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALLA.

PARKS AND RESERVES.

No. 22 of 1983.

AN ACT to amend the Parks and Reserves Act

1895-1982.

[Assented to 22 November 1983.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Parks and 2,Irctig]tleon.

Reserves Amendment Act 1983.

Reprinted as

(2) In this Act the Parks and Reserves Act approved 31 January 1979

1895-1982 is referred to as the principal Act.

and

amended by

Act No. 77

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act of 1982.

may be cited as the Parks and Reserves Act

1895-1983.

No. 22.] Parks and Reserves. [1983.

Commence-

ment.	2. This Act shall come into operation on the 28th day after the day on which it is assented to by the Governor.
Section 7C

inserted. 3. After section 7B of the principal Act the

following section is inserted-

Speed ff

measuring	7C. (1) In this section "speed measuring equipment" means apparatus of a type approved under section 98A (2) of the Road Traffic Act 1974.
equipment.
(2) In any proceedings for an offence against any by-law made under this Act, evidence may be given of the use of speed measuring equipment by an authorized person in relation to a vehicle and of the speed at which that vehicle was moving as ascertained by the use of that equipment, and that evidence is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of the speed at which that vehicle was moving at the time of the use of that equipment in relation to that vehicle.
(3) In any proceedings for an offence against any by-law made under this Act, evidence by an authorized person that apparatus used by him was speed measuring equipment within the meaning of this section is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of that fact.
(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed as precluding or restricting the introduction of any competent evidence, whether in addition to, or independent of, any evidence for which provision is made by this section, bearing on the question of whether a person was or was not guilty of an offence. ".

1983.] Parks and Reserves. [No. 22.

4. (1) Section 13 of the principal Act is amended tzdnea3

by deleting "C," after "sections A,".

(2) Section 13 of the principal Act as enacted before the coming into operation of this section shall continue to apply in relation to offences committed before the 28th day after the day on which this Act is assented to by the Governor.