Western Australian Current Acts
[Index]
[Table]
[Search]
[Search this Act]
[Notes]
[Noteup]
[Download]
[Help]
ROAD TRAFFIC (VEHICLES) ACT 2012
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1 -- Preliminary
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Terms used
PART 2 -- Licensing of vehicles
Division 1 -- General provisions about licensing
4. Vehicle licences
5. Applications for grant, renewal, transfer and variation of vehicle licences
6. Regulations for grant, renewal and variation of vehicle licences
7. Charges for vehicle licences
8. Licence obtained by means of dishonoured cheque of no effect
9. Cancellation, suspension of vehicle licence in certain circumstances
10. Transfer of vehicle licences
11. Requirement to make declaration on applying for grant or transfer of vehicle licence
12. Change of nominated owner
13. Permits and number plates for unlicensed vehicles
14. Register of vehicle licences
15. Labels to be affixed to certain vehicles
16. Effect of licence suspension order, disqualification
17. Classification of vehicle licences
18. Applicable charges in case of amendment
19. Minister may require vehicles to be inspected
Division 2 -- Offensive advertisements on vehicles
19A. Licence warning notices
19B. Withdrawal of licence warning notices
PART 3 -- Overseas motor vehicles when temporarily in Australia
20. Terms used
21. Application of this Part
22. Free vehicle licences for certain overseas vehicles
23. Vehicle licence for overseas vehicle granted in another jurisdiction has effect in this State
24. Free extension or renewal of vehicle licences for certain overseas vehicles
25. Free licence or renewal ceases to have effect in certain cases
26. Number plates on overseas vehicles
27. Regulations
PART 4 -- Mass, dimension and loading requirements
Division 1 -- Term used in this Part
28. Term used: person connected
Division 2 -- Mass, dimension and loading offences and modification of mass or dimension requirements
Subdivision 1 -- Mass, dimension and loading offences
29. Mass, dimension and loading requirements to be complied with
30. Penalties for mass, dimension or loading offences
31. Offences by consignees
Subdivision 2 -- Modification of mass or dimension requirements for certain vehicles
32. Terms used
33. Modification of mass or dimension requirements for prescribed vehicles
34. Order or permit for modification
35. Application of modified mass or dimension requirement
36. Compliance with orders, permits
37. Regulations about modifying mass or dimension requirements
Division 3 -- Access restrictions on certain vehicles that comply with mass or dimension requirements
38. Terms used
39. Restriction on access of complying restricted access vehicles to certain roads
40. Access approvals
41. Order or permit for access approval
42. Application of access approvals
43. Regulations about giving access approvals
Division 4 -- Accreditation
44. Accreditation of persons in relation to certain heavy vehicles
45. Regulations about accreditation
46. Effect of suspension or cancellation of accreditation on modification or access approval
PART 5 -- Categories of breach of mass, dimension or loading requirements
Division 1 -- The categories of breach
47. Categories of breach
Division 2 -- Mass requirements: categories of breach
48. Mass requirements: minor risk breaches
49. Mass requirements: substantial risk breaches
50. Mass requirements: severe risk breaches
Division 3 -- Dimension requirements: categories of breach
51. Terms used
52. Dimension requirements: minor risk breaches
53. Dimension requirements: substantial risk breaches
54. Dimension requirements: severe risk breaches
55. Dangerous projections
Division 4 -- Loading requirements: categories of breach
56. Determining whether breach of loading requirement gives rise to certain risks
57. When a load’s becoming displaced or unsecured is imminent
58. Loading requirements: minor risk breaches
59. Loading requirements: substantial risk breaches
60. Loading requirements: severe risk breaches
PART 6 -- Directions as to MDLR breaches, defect notices and improvement notices
Division 1 -- General
61. Application of Part in relation to other directions
Division 2 -- Rectification of breaches of mass, dimension or loading requirements
62. Term used: rectification action
63. Minor risk breaches
64. Substantial risk breaches
65. Severe risk breaches
66. Directions to be complied with
67. Authorisation to continue journey if only minor risk breaches
68. Operation of directions in relation to detachable vehicles
69. Directions and authorisations to be in writing
Division 3 -- Defect notices
70. Terms used
71. Notices in relation to vehicle defects
72. Form and content of defect notices
73. Service of defect notices
74. Duration of defect notice
75. Defect notices and directions to be complied with
76. Powers of vehicle examiners
Division 4 -- Improvement notices
77. Terms used
78. Improvement notices
79. Form and content of improvement notices
80. Improvement notice to be complied with
81. Amendment of improvement notices
82. Cancellation of improvement notices
83. Clearance certificates
PART 7 -- Container weight declarations
Division 1 -- Obligations in relation to container weight declarations
84. Terms used
85. Form of container weight declaration
86. Duty of responsible entity
87. Duty of responsible person
88. Duty of driver
Division 2 -- Recovery of losses resulting from not providing accurate container weight declarations
89. Recovery of losses if container weight declaration not provided
90. Recovery of losses for provision of inaccurate container weight declaration
91. Recovery of amount by responsible entity
92. Assessment of monetary value or attributable amount
93. Costs
PART 8 -- Other MDLR offences
Division 1 -- False or misleading transport documentation offences
94. Terms used
95. Consignors: transport documentation
96. Packers: transport documentation
97. Loaders: transport documentation
98. Receivers: transport documentation
99. Responsible entity: container weight declaration
100. Responsible person for vehicle: container weight declaration
101. Container weight declaration: certain information not necessarily false or misleading
102. Reasonable steps defence
Division 2 -- Miscellaneous MDLR offences
103. Weight of freight container: consignors’ duties
104. Weight of freight container: packers’ duties
105. Dismissal or other victimisation of employee or contractor assisting with or reporting breaches
106. Coercing, inducing or offering incentive
107. Certain false or misleading information not to be provided to involved persons
PART 9 -- Liability for MDLR offences committed by other persons
108. Liability of officers for offence by body corporate
109. Liability of partners and persons managing partnerships
110. Liability of persons managing unincorporated associations
111. Liability of employers
112. Liability of offender not affected
PART 10 -- Defences
Division 1 -- Reasonable steps defences
113. Reasonable steps defence
Division 2 -- Other defences
114. Defence for responsible persons
115. Defence for drivers
116. Laws as to criminal responsibility not affected
PART 11 -- Court imposed sanctions
Division 1 -- Term used in this Part
117. Term used: associate
Division 2 -- General matters as to sentencing for MDLR offences
118. Sentencing principles
119. Default categorisation
120. Matters to be considered by courts when sentencing
121. Prohibition order has priority
122. Previous convictions of MDLR offences
Division 3 -- Commercial benefits penalty orders
123. Commercial benefits penalty orders
Division 4 -- Driver and vehicle licence sanctions
124. Power to affect driver’s licence
125. Power to affect vehicle licence
Division 5 -- Supervisory intervention orders
126. Supervisory intervention orders
127. Supervisory intervention order to be complied with
Division 6 -- Prohibition orders
128. Prohibition orders
129. Prohibition order to be complied with
PART 12 -- Miscellaneous
130. Substitution of vehicle in certain circumstances
131. Motor vehicle pools and insurance
PART 13 -- Regulations
132. Regulations
133. Exemptions from regulations about vehicle standards and requirements
134. Exemptions from regulations in emergencies
135. Regulations about exemptions
136. Schemes for optional number plates
137. Regulations may refer to published documents
138. Minister’s declarations that specified regulations do not apply to specified persons or vehicles
PART 14 -- Transitional provisions
Division 1 -- Transitional provisions arising from certain amendments made to the Road Traffic Act 1974 by the Road Traffic Legislation Amendment Act 2012
139. Terms used
140. Application of Interpretation Act 1984
141. Vehicle licences, applications
142. Transfer of vehicle licences
143. Change of nominated owner
144. Permits, number plates and notices for unlicensed vehicles
145. Register of vehicle licences
146. Minister may require vehicles to be inspected
147. Overseas vehicles temporarily in Australia
148. Vehicle examiners and inspection stations
149. Mass requirements for class 3 vehicles used in Harvest Mass Management Scheme
150. Transitional regulations
Uncommenced provisions table
Other notes
Defined terms
AustLII: Copyright Policy
| Disclaimers
| Privacy Policy
| Feedback