Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 (WA)

Western Australia

Western Australia

Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008

An Act to provide for the administration and enforcement of the Road Traffic Act 1974, the Road Traffic (Authorisation to Drive) Act 2008 and the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Act 2012 and for other matters relating to road traffic.

[Long title amended: No. 8 of 2012 s. 207.]

This is the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008.

This Act comes into operation as follows:

• (a)

  sections 1 and 2 — on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent;

• (b)

  the rest of the Act — on a day fixed by proclamation.

• (1)

  Each of the road laws binds the Crown in right of the State and, so far as the legislative power of the Parliament of the State permits, the Crown in all its other capacities.

• (2)

  Despite subsection (1), the road laws do not apply to —

  • (a)

    a vehicle —

    • (i)

      for the personal use of the Governor; and

    • (ii)

      the use of which is authorised by the Governor;

  or

  • (b)

    a person driving or in charge of a vehicle for the personal use of the Governor while carrying out the Governor’s personal directions.

  Division 2 – Terms used in road laws

In a road law, unless the contrary intention appears —

Australian driver licence has the meaning given to that term in the Road Traffic (Authorisation to Drive) Act 2008 section 3(1);

Australian driver licensing authority has the meaning given to that term in the Road Traffic (Authorisation to Drive) Act 2008 section 3(1);

Australian police officer means —

• (a)

  a police officer; or

• (b)

  a member of the police force of another jurisdiction;

axle means one or more shafts, positioned in a line across a vehicle, on which one or more wheels intended to support the vehicle turn;

axle group means —

• (a)

  a single axle group, namely a group of at least 2 axles in which the horizontal distance between the centres of the outermost axles is under 1 m; or

• (b)

  a tandem axle group, namely a group of at least 2 axles in which the horizontal distance between the centres of the outermost axles is at least 1 m, but not over 2 m; or

• (c)

  a twinsteer axle group, namely a group of 2 axles —

• (i)

  with single tyres; and

• (ii)

  fitted to a motor vehicle and connected to the same steering mechanism; and

• (iii)

  the horizontal distance between the centres of which is at least 1 m, but not over 2 m;

or

• (d)

  a tri‑axle group, namely a group of at least 3 axles in which the horizontal distance between the centres of the outermost axles is over 2 m, but not over 3.2 m; or