Road Traffic Amendment Act 2008 (WA)

1.

Short title

1

2.

Commencement

1

3.

The Act amended

1

4.

Section 60 amended

2

5.

Section 78A amended

2

6.

Section 78B amended

4

7.

Section 79 amended

4

8.

Section 79A amended

5

9.

Section 79B amended

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10.

Section 79C amended

7

11.

Section 79D amended

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12.

Section 80B amended

9

13.

Section 80C amended

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14.

Section 80CA amended

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15.

Section 80CB amended

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16.

Section 80E amended

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17.

Section 80FA inserted

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80FA.

Court may order impounding instead of

18.

Section 80F amended

11

19.

Section 80GA inserted

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80GA.

Vehicle about which certain orders may be

20.

Section 80G amended

12

21.

Section 80IA amended

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22.

Section 80J amended

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23.

Certain cross references amended

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25.

Western Australia

(1)

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, and different days may be fixed for different provisions.

(2)

The day fixed under subsection (1)(b) for the coming into

operation of section 5(a) cannot be before the day on which the

Road Traffic Amendment Act 2006 section 7 comes into

operation.

(a)

in paragraph (a), by deleting “20 PU” and inserting instead —

(b)

in paragraph (b), by deleting “24 PU” and inserting instead —

(c)

in paragraph (c), by deleting “48 PU” and inserting instead —

(a)

by deleting the definition of “impounding offence (driver’s licence)” and inserting instead —

(a)

an offence against section 49(1)(a) that is committed by a person described in section 49(3)(a), (b) or (c); or

(b)

an offence against section 77(1)(a); or

(c)

an offence committed before the coming into Act 2008 section 5(a) that was an impounding offence (driver’s licence) as defined in this section as in force when the offence was committed;