Western Australian Current Acts

ROAD TRAFFIC (AUTHORISATION TO DRIVE) ACT 2008 - SECT 42

42 .         National demerit point offence schedule

        (1)         The regulations may prescribe a national demerit point offence schedule for the purposes of this Act specifying —

            (a)         certain offences under a road law; and

            (b)         certain offences under the laws of other jurisdictions.

        (2)         The national demerit point offence schedule —

            (a)         cannot specify an offence under a road law unless it is a demerit point offence in WA; and

            (b)         cannot specify an offence under the law of another jurisdiction unless —

                  (i)         the offence involves the driving or use of a motor vehicle; and

                  (ii)         under a law of that jurisdiction corresponding to this Part, points may be recorded against a person committing that offence who holds an Australian driver licence under the law of that jurisdiction.

        (3)         The number of demerit points applying under this Act to an offence under the law of another jurisdiction that is a national demerit point offence is the number of points applying to that offence under the law of that other jurisdiction.

        (4)         Regulations referred to in subsection (1) may distinguish between offences according to the circumstances in which they are committed.