Western Australian Current Acts

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 71E

71E .         Revocation of disqualification notice by police officer

        (1)         A police officer must immediately revoke a disqualification notice if —

            (a)         the police officer becomes aware that the breath analysing equipment used to analyse the sample of the person’s breath provided in connection with an offence to which the notice relates was faulty at the time of the analysis; or

            (b)         a charge for an offence to which the notice relates has not been laid within 1 month after the time when the notice was given; or

            (c)         a charge for an offence to which the notice relates is discontinued.

        (2)         If under this section a police officer revokes a disqualification notice the police officer must, as soon as is practicable, cause notice of the revocation to be given to —

            (a)         the person to whom the disqualification notice was given under section 71C; and

            (b)         the CEO.

        [Section 71E inserted: No. 51 of 2010 s. 11; amended: No. 8 of 2012 s. 16; No. 27 of 2020 s. 35.]