Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A court may
—
(a) make
an order directing the CEO, on payment of the prescribed fee, to grant to the
applicant an extraordinary licence for a period not exceeding 12 months from
the date on which it is granted as the court thinks fit; or
(b)
refuse the application.
(2) In making a
decision for the purposes of subsection (1), the court is to have regard to
—
(a) the
safety of the public generally; and
(b) the
character of the applicant; and
(c) the
circumstances of the case; and
(d) the
nature of the offence or offences giving rise to the disqualification; and
(e) the
conduct of the applicant subsequent to the disqualification.
[(3) deleted]
(4) Despite
subsections (1) and (2), the court must not make an order directing the grant
of an extraordinary licence unless it is satisfied that the refusal of the
application would —
(a)
deprive the applicant of the means of obtaining urgent medical treatment for
an illness, disease or disability known to be suffered by the applicant or a
person who is a member of his or her family; or
(b)
place an undue financial burden on the applicant or his or her family, by
depriving the applicant of his or her principal means of obtaining income; or
(c)
deprive the applicant or a person who is a member of the applicant’s
family of the only practicable means of travelling to and from the place at
which the applicant or that person, as the case may be, is employed.
[Section 30 amended: No. 51 of 2010 s. 24.]