| 7452 | GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA | (23 December 1997 |
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ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974
| ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVERS' LICENCES) AMENDMENT | REGULATIONS (No. 3) 1997 |
Made by the Governor in Executive Council.
Citation
1. These regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Drivers' Licences)
Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 1997.
Commencement
2. These regulations come into operation on the day on which the Road
Traffic Amendment Act 1997 comes into operation.
Principal regulations
| 3. | 1975* are referred to as the principal regulations. | In these regulations the Road Traffic (Drivers' Licences) Regulations |
[* Reprinted as at 29 October 1996.
For amendments to 8 December 1997 see 1996 Index to Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, p. 235 and Gazette 31 January, 26 March, 13 and 30 March and 2 September 1997.1
Regulation 13 amended
4. Regulation 13 of the principal regulations is amended -
| (a) | substituting the following - | at the foot of subregulation (1) by deleting "Penalty: $50" and | |
Penalty: Two penalty units (2 PU) "; and
| (b) | substituting the following - | at the foot of subregulation (1) by deleting "Penalty: $20.00." and |
Penalty: One penalty unit (1 PU) ".
Regulation 16 amended
5. Regulation 16 (2) of the principal regulations is amended -
| (a) | by deleting "$100.00" and substituting the following - |
four penalty units (4 PU) "; and
| (b) | by deleting "$200.00." and substituting the following - |
a
eight penalty units (8 PU). ".
Second Schedule repealed and a Schedule substituted
6. The Second Schedule to the principal regulations is repealed and the
following Schedule is substituted -
Second Schedule
| Item | Authority | Nature of Offence | Points |
| No. |
| Road Traffic Act 1974. | section - |
| 1. | 61 | Dangerous driving, first offence.... | 6 |
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Second Schedule---continued
| Item | Authority | Nature of Offence | Points |
| No. |
| 2. | 62 | Careless driving ............... | 3 |
| 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% ..... | 3 | |
| (b) | is equal to or exceeds 0.06% |
| but is less than 0.07% ..... | 4 | |
| (c) | is equal to or exceeds 0.07% |
| but is less than 0.08% ..... | 5 | |
Road Traffic Code 1975.
regulation -
| rl | 202 | Failing toobey signal of a member of the police force, fireman, ambulance officer or accredited pilot ......... | 3 |
| 5. | 304 | Contravening the directions of the |
| inscription on a traffic sign ....... | 3 |
| 6. | 401 | Failing to comply with the direction of a traffic control signal - |
| 401 (2) (b) | (a) | displaying a steady amber |
| light................... | 3 | |
| 401 (2) (c) | (b) | displaying a flashing amber |
| light ................... | 3 | |
| 401 (2) (d) | (c) | | displaying a red light ...... | 3 | |
| 7. | 402(l) | Failing to obey 'no turn" signs | 3 |
| 8. | 402 (2) | Travelling in wrong direction on one- |
| way road ..................... | 3 |
| 9. | 402 (3) | Failing to obey 'no entry" sign | 3 |
| 10. | 402 (4) | Failing to obey turn signs or arrows | 3 |
| 11. | 402 (5) | Failing to obey 'no overtaking" sign | 3 |
| 12. | 402 (6) | Failing to obey— |
| 402 (6) (a) | (a) | "no overtaking on bridge" |
| sign................... | 3 | |
| 402 (6) (b) | (b) | "bridge load limit" sign | 3 |
| 13. | 402 (6) (c) | Exceeding speed limit on bridge |
| by - |
| (a) | more than 9 kilometres per | |
hour but not more than 19
| kilometres per hour ....... | 1 |
| (b) | more than 19 kilometres per |
hour but not more than 29
| kilometres per hour ....... | 3 | |
| (c) | hour but not more than 40 |
more than 29 kilometres per
| kilometres per hour ...... | 4 | |
| (d) | more than 40 kilometres per |
| hour................... | 6 | |
| 14. | 402 (7) | Failing to obey "keep left" or "keep |
| right" sign .................... | 3 | |
| 15. | 402 (8) | Failing to - |
| (a) | stop at a stop sign ........ | 3 | | (b) | give way at a stop sign | 3 | |
| 16. | 402 (9) | Failing to give way at a "give way" |
| sign......................... | 3 | |
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Second Schedule—continued
| Item | Authority | Nature of Offence | Points |
| No. |
| 17. | 402 (10) | Failing to obey a "no U turn" sign .. | 3 |
| 18. | 403 | Unlawfully driving a vehicle in a bus |
| or bus-taxi lane | ................ | 3 |
| 19. | 404 | Unlawfully driving a vehicle in a |
| contra flow bus lane | ............ | 3 | |
| 20. | 502 | Overtaking - |
| 502(l) | (a) | on left when not permitted | 2 |
| 502(l) | (b) | at an unsafe distance | 2 |
| 502 (3) | (c) | a vehicle turning right | 2 |
| 502 (4) | (d) | and | cutting | in | front | after |
| overtaking .............. | 2 |
| 502 (5) | (e) | when unsafe to do so | 3 |
| 502 (6) | (f) | as part of unlawful racing | 3 |
| 21. | 503 | Driving | in | the | right | lane | of | a |
| carriageway without good reason... | 2 |
| 22. | 504 | Failing to keep left of approaching |
| vehicles | ...................... | 3 | |
| 23. | 505 (1) & (2) | Failing to permit another driver to |
| overtake | ..................... | 2 | |
| 24. | 506(l) | | Changing lanes when unsafe | 2 | |
| 25. | 506(l) | | Failing to keep in one lane | 2 | |
| 26. | 506 (2) | Crossing continuous white line at |
| intersection | ................... | 2 | |
| 27. | 507 | | Failing to keep left of centre | of | |
| roundabout | ................... | 3 | |
| 28. | 508 | Unlawfully crossing - |
| (a) | double continuous white lines | 3 | |
| (b) | a continuous white line on | |
| the left of a broken white line | 3 |
| 29. | 509 | Following too close in - |
| 509 (2) | (a) | a long vehicle ............ | I |
| 509 (4) | (b) | a vehicle | ............... | I |
| 30. | 510 | Driving to the right of a median strip | 4 |
| 31. | 511 | Crossing centre line of a road on a curve or crest when unable to see the way is clear ................... | 3 |
| 32. | 512 | Failure to drive a vehicle permitted to travel in a contra flow bus lane completely within the boundaries of |
| the lane | ...................... | 3 |
| 33. | 602 | Failing to give way to the right | 3 |
| 34. | 603 | Failing to give way - |
| 603 (1) | (a) | when turning right | 3 |
| 603 (2) | (b) | to pedestrians | ........... | 3 |
| 603 (3) | (c) | during a U turn .......... | 3 |
| 35. | 604(l) | Failing to give way when leaving |
| parking area | .................. | 3 | |
| 36. | 604 (2) | Unlawfully reversing out of parking |
| bay in centre of road ............ | 3 | |
| 37. | 604B (1) | Failing to give way to an omnibus |
| leaving from an embayment | 3 | |
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Second Schedule—continued
| Item | Authority | Nature of Offence | Points |
| No, |
| 38. | 605 | Failing to give way to an emergency |
| vehicle | ....................... | 4 | |
| 39. | 606 | Failing to give way - |
| 606 (1) | (a) | from land abutting | 3 |
| 606 (2) | (b) | to vehicles when leaving a |
| carriageway............. | 3 |
| 606 (3) | (c) |
| when leaving or entering a |
| to | pedestrians | or | cyclists |
| carriageway............. | 3 |
| 40. | 607 | Driver entering or attempting | to |
| cross blocked intersection | 2 |
| 41. | 608 | Failing to give way at a roundabout | 3 |
| 42. | 609 (2) | Failing to give way at a terminating |
| road......................... | 3 |
| 43. | 610 | Failure when leaving an unsealed road to give way at an intersection to vehicles on a sealed road | 3 |
| 44. | 701(l) | Failing to give way at a pedestrian |
| crossing ...................... | 3 |
| 45. | 701 (2) | Overtaking and passing a vehicle |
| that | is | stopped | at | a | pedestrian |
| crossing...................... | 4 |
| 46. | 705(l) | Failing to stop at children's crossing | 4 |
| 47. | 705 (3) | Overtaking and passing a vehicle |
| that | is | stopped | at | a | children's |
| crossing...................... | 4 |
| 48. | 801 (1) | Incorrectly turning left | 2 |
| 49. | 802 (1) & (2) | Incorrectly turning right | 2 |
| 50. | 802 (la) | Incorrectly | turning right to enter |
| land abutting .................. | 3 |
| 51. | 802 (4) (a) | Turning right not in conformit' with |
| markings ..................... | 3 | |
| 52. | 802 (4) (b) | Failing to pass in front or behind a |
| police | officer, | as | directed, | when | |
| turning...................... | 3 | |
| 53. | 803(l) | Failing to indicate an intention to |
| turn, diverge or stop | ............ | 2 | |
| 54. | 803 (is) | Omnibus | failing | to | indicate | an |
| intention to leave a bus embayment | 2 |
| 805 (a) | (a) | when unsafe | ............ | 3 |
| 805 (b) | (b) | within 30 metres of traffic |
| control signal ............ instruction of a railway employee | 2 |
| 56. | 901 (1) (a) | Failing to comply with a direction or |
3
| 57. | 901 (1) (b) | Proceeding across a railway crossing |
| when there is a danger of a collision | 4 | |
| 58. | 901 (1) (c) | Proceeding across a railway crossing |
| when itisnot safe to do so | 4 | |
| 59. | 901 (1) (c) | Failing to stop at a stop sign at a |
| railway crossing | ............... | 3 | |
| 60. | 901 (1) (d) | Proceeding against lights etc. at a |
| railway crossing | ............... | 4 | |
| 61. | 901 (1) (e) | | Proceeding over a railway crossing when not immediately able to lawfully drive over and clear of the crossing...................... | 4 | |
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Second Schedule—continued
| Item | Authority | Nature of Offence | Points |
| No. |
| 62. | 901 (2) | Failing to stop at a railway crossing |
| when carrying explosives etc...... | 4 | |
| 63. | 901 (3) | Driving around etc., boom gates at a |
| railway crossing | ............... | 4 | |
| 64. | Part X - | | Exceeding | the | speed | restriction | |
| by - |
| regulations | | (a) | more than 9 kilometres per | |
| 1001(i), | hour but not more than 19 |
| 1001 (1) (a), | | kilometres per hour ....... | 1 | |
| 1001 (1) (b), |
| 1001 (1) (c), | (b) | more than 19 kilometres per |
| 1001 (2) (a), | | hour but not more than | 29 | |
| 1001 (2) (b) (i), | | kilometres per hour ....... | 3 | |
| 1001 (2) (b) (ii), |
| 1001 (2) (c), | (c) | more than 29 kilometres per |
| 1001 (7), 1001 (8), | hour but not more than 40 |
| 1003 (d) (i), | | kilometres per hour ....... | 4 | |
| 1003 (d) (ii) |
| (d) | more than 40 kilometres per |
| hour................... | 6 | |
| 65. | 1003(c) | Failing to comply with a direction by |
| a servant of a competent authority | 3 | |
| 66. | 1105 | | Intentional | obstruction | of | |
| carriageway | .................. | 2 | |
| 67. | 1201 | Driving at night without headlamps |
| either fitted or lit | .............. | 3 | |
| 68. | 1202 | Failing top headlamps - |
| 1202 (1) (a) | (a) | within | 200 | metres | of |
| approaching vehicle | ...... |
| 1202 (1) (b) | (b) | when | approaching | vehicles |
headlamps become dipped
| 69. | 1202A | Driving a vehicle in a contra flow bus lane without the headlights being |
| alight and dipped | .............. | 3 | |
| 70. | 1204 (2) and (3) | | Not carrying portable warning signs on a heavy vehicle, or not displaying warning signs if heavy vehicle is disabled ...................... | 3 | |
| 71. | 1304 (3) | | lying an animal to a moving vehicle | 3 | |
| 72. | 1503 | | Driver not wearing a seat belt ..... | 3 | |
| 73. | 1504 | Driver failing to ensure passenger between 1 and 14 years wears a seat belt......................... |
| 74. | 1505 | Driver failing to ensure passenger between 1 and 14 years occupies |
| position with a seat belt | ......... | 3 | |
| 75. | 1506 | Driver failing to ensure that a child |
| under 1 year is in a child restraint | 3 | |
| 76. | 1507 | Driver of passenger car derivative allowing passenger in back of vehicle when seat belt position unoccupied |
| 77. | 1602 (a) | Driving a vehicle in reverse when |
| tmsafetodoso | ................ | |
| 78. | 1603 | | Driving a vehicle on a footway, or a vehicle other than a bicycle on a dual use path, except to enter or leave a lane or driveway by shortest route, or driving on or over a median strip | 3 | |
| 79. | 1604 | Driving a vehicle without being in |
| position | to | have | control | or | |
full
| uninterrupted view, etc.......... | 3 |
| 80. | 1605 (1) | Driver in vehicle permitting body or |
| limbs to be outside vehicle ........ | 3 | |
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Second Schedule—continued
| Item | Authority | Nature of Offence | Points |
| No. |
| 81. | 1606 | Incorrectly carrying a pillion |
| passenger on a motor cycle | 3 | |
| 82. | 1607 (1) | | Offences relating to the wearing of helmets by motor cyclists and passengers | 3 | |
| 83. | 1619 | | Driving a vehicle in certain areas so as to create or cause undue or excessive noise | 3 | |
| 84. | 1620 | Failing to stop — |
| 1620 (1) (a) | (a) | when approaching police
giving a stop signal | 3 |
| 1620 (3) | (b) | when approaching police from |
| front or rear | 3 |
| 85. | Part XVIII — | Exceeding the speed restriction
by — |
| regulations 1805 (2), (a) | more than 9 kilometres per |
| 1806 (2) (a), 1807, | hour but not more than 19 |
| 1808 | |
| (b) | more than 19 kilometres per hour but not more than 29 |
| |
| (c) | more than 29 kilometres per hour but not more than 40 |
| |
| (d) | more than 40 kilometres per |
| |
Road Traffic
(Vehicle Standards)
Regulations 1977.
| 86. | 107 (3) | Use of vehicle — |
| (a) | contrary to an order that the vehicle be not used on or after a specified date unless it is examined and found to be | |
| (b) | contrary to an order that the vehicle be not used unless it |
| is examined and found to be |
| |
By Command of the Governor,
M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.