Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) If a vehicle
driven by a person (the driver ) is involved in an incident in which any
property is damaged, the driver must stop immediately after the occurrence of
the incident and for as long as is necessary to comply with subsection (4).
Penalty: a fine of 30 PU.
(2) If in the opinion
of the court an offence under subsection (1) is of a sufficiently serious
nature the court may make an order disqualifying the offender from holding or
obtaining a driver’s licence for such period as it thinks fit.
(3) It is a defence to
a charge of an offence under subsection (1) for the accused to prove that the
accused was not aware of the occurrence of the incident.
(4) If a vehicle
driven by a person (the driver ) is involved in an incident in which any
property is damaged, the driver must, if required to do so by a person whose
property was damaged in the incident or a representative of that person or a
police officer, give the driver’s name and address and, if known to the
driver, the name and address of a responsible person for the vehicle.
Penalty: a fine of 30 PU.
(5) It is a defence to
a charge of an offence under subsection (1) or (4) for the accused to prove
that the accused could not comply with a requirement in that subsection
because of an injury suffered by the accused in the incident.
[Section 55 inserted: No. 39 of 2007 s. 20;
amended: No. 8 of 2012 s. 37.]