Western Australian Current Acts

CONTROL OF VEHICLES (OFF-ROAD AREAS) ACT 1978 - SECT 9A

9A .         Seat belt requirements for vehicles

        (1)         A person shall not drive or use or permit to be driven or used a vehicle to which this section applies in an area to which this section applies unless the vehicle is equipped with —

            (a)         a seat belt for every seat position in the vehicle conforming to the standards and specifications prescribed by regulations; and

            (b)         seat belt anchorage points or seat belt anchorages in respect of every seat position in the vehicle conforming to the standards and specifications prescribed by regulations.

        Penalty: $200 for a first offence and $400 for a second or subsequent offence.

        (2)         This section applies to motor cars and to off-road vehicles but does not apply to motor cycles.

        (3)         This section applies in every area of the State to which the provisions of this Act apply except —

            (a)         on a road; or

            (b)         on private land on which the vehicle is used by consent, being private land that is neither a permitted area nor a prohibited area.

        [Section 9A inserted: No. 12 of 1985 s. 5; amended: No. 28 of 2001 s. 31.]