Road Traffic Code Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2017 (WA)

1078 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 25 July 2017

Regulations (No. 2) 2017.

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Road Traffic Act 1974

Road Traffic Code Amendment Regulations

(No. 2) 2017

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.            Citation

These regulations are the Road Traffic Code Amendment

25 July 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4079

2.            Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows -

(a)	regulations 1 and 2—on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations - on the day 6 weeks after that day.

3.            Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Road Traffic Code 2000.

4.            Regulation 9 amended

(1) Delete regulation 9(la), (2) and (2a) and insert:

(1A) A person who commits an offence against Part 16

Division 2 or regulation 244 is liable -

(a) number of penalty units that could be imposed
as a modified penalty for the particular offence

for a first offence, to a minimum penalty of the (56 PU); and

(b) for a subsequent offence, to a minimum penalty of the number of penalty units that could be imposed as a modified penalty for the particular offence and a maximum penalty of 84 penalty units (84 PU).

(1B) For the purposes of subregulation (1A)(b), an offence

is regarded as a subsequent offence if the person by
whom it is committed has previously committed an
offence of any kind against Part 16 Division 2 or

regulation 244.

(2) Except as provided in subregulation (1A), a person	who commits an offence against these regulations is
liable -

(a)	for a first offence, to a penalty not exceeding 64 penalty units (64 PU); and
(b)	for a subsequent offence, to a penalty not exceeding 96 penalty units (96 PU).

(2) In regulation 9(3) after "committed an offence" insert:

of any kind

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5.            Regulation 17 amended

(1)	In regulation 17(1) in the Table item (e) delete "20 PU" (each occurrence) and insert:
24 PU
(2)	In regulation 17(2) in the Table:

(a) in item (d) delete "17 PU" (each occurrence) and insert:

24 PU

(b) in item (e) delete "20 PU" (each occurrence) and insert:

30 PU

N. HAGLEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.