Traffic Act Amendment Act 1964 (WA)

No. 80.] Traffic. [1964.

TRAFFIC.

13` Elizabeth II., No. LXXX.

No. 80 of 1964.

AN ACT to amend the Traffic Act, 1919-1963.

[Assented to 14th December, 1964.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Short title

and citation. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Traffic Act

Amendment Act, 1964.

Reprinted,

as approved	(2) In this Act, the Traffic Act, 1919-1963, is
for reprint

15th June,	referred to as the principal Act.
1964.

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act

may be cited as the Traffic Act, 1919-1964.

1964.] Traffic. [No. 80.

2. The principal Act is amended by adding, after utoel

section twenty, the following section-

20A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Part, the Governor in a y make

Classification

of vehicle

licenses.

regulations prescribing classes of vehicle

licenses and by those regulations

(a)

designate the kind or kinds of vehicle to which any class of license is to apply;

(b)

permit licenses of any particular class to be issued for a limited period or limited periods; and

(c)

empower local authorities to imposelimitations on the use of a vehicle for

which a particular class of license is

issued. .

3. Section twenty-six of the principal Act is EL 26

amended by adding, after subsection (1), the amended.

following subsection

(2) Any driver of a vehicle who, when required by any member of the police force or an inspector, does not produce his driver's license on demand, commits an offence against this Act and shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

Provided that it shall not be an offence if the driver subsequently produces the license, within a reasonable time after demand, to the officer-in-charge of any police station. .