Road Traffic (Drivers' Licences) Amendment Regulations 2002 (WA)

944 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 8 March 2002

TRANSPORT

TR301*

Road Traffic Act 1974

Road Traffic (Drivers’ Licences) Amendment

Regulations 2002

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.             Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Drivers’
Licences) Amendment Regulations 2002.

2.             The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Road Traffic
(Drivers’ Licences) Regulations 1975*.

[* Reprinted as at 18 February 2000.

For amendments to 25 February 2002 see 2000 Index to
Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, p. 307, and
Gazette 25 and 30 January, 9 February, 23 March, 15 and
29 June 2001 and 8 January 2002.]

3.             Regulation 2 amended

(1)	Regulation 2 is amended by inserting before “In” the subregulation designation “(1)”.
(2)	Regulation 2 is amended after the definition of “GVM” by inserting the following definition — “

“holiday period” has the meaning given in

subregulation (2);

”.

(3)	Regulation 2 is amended at the end of the definition of “trailer” by deleting the full stop and inserting a semicolon instead.
(4)	Regulation 2 is amended after the definition of “trailer” by inserting the following definition — “

“weekend” means a Saturday and the following

Sunday.

”.

8 March 2002 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 945

(5) At the end of regulation 2 the following subregulation is
inserted —

“

(2) In this regulation —
“holiday period” means —

(a)	a 4 day period, comprising a public holiday specified in the Second Schedule to the Public and Bank Holidays Act 1972 that falls on a Friday or a Monday, together with —
(i) (where the public holiday is a Friday) the Thursday before it, and the weekend following it; or

(ii)      (where the public holiday is a Monday) the Friday before it, and the weekend before it;

and

(b) any period set out in the Table to this subregulation.

Table

1.      The period of Thursday 28 March 2002 to Monday 1 April 2002 (inclusive).

2.      The period of Saturday 21 December 2002 to Wednesday 1 January 2003 (inclusive).

”.

4.             Schedule 9 amended

Schedule 9 item 3 is deleted and the following item is inserted instead —

“

3. 64AA Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle while the percentage of alcohol in the driver’s blood —

(a)	is equal to or exceeds 0.05% but is less than
0. 06% —

(i)	during a holiday period	6
(ii)	other than during a holiday period	3

(b)	is equal to or exceeds 0.06% but is less than
0. 07% —

(i)	during a holiday period	8
(ii)	other than during a holiday period	4

(c)	is equal to or exceeds 0.07% but is less than
0. 08% —

(i)	during a holiday period	10
(ii)	other than during a holiday period	5

”.

By Command of the Governor,

ROD SPENCER, Clerk of the Executive Council.