Western Australian Current Acts

ROAD TRAFFIC (AUTHORISATION TO DRIVE) ACT 2008 - SECT 43

43 .         Demerit point registry jurisdiction

        (1)         If a person holds a driver’s licence or a learner’s permit under this Act, this State is, for the purposes of this Act, the demerit point registry jurisdiction for that person.

        (2)         If a person holds a licence or other authorisation granted under the law of another jurisdiction authorising the person to drive a motor vehicle on a road, whether or not solely for the purpose of learning to drive it ( another jurisdiction’s driving authorisation ), the demerit point registry jurisdiction for that person is, for the purposes of this Act, that other jurisdiction.

        (3)         If a person holds neither a driver’s licence or a learner’s permit under this Act (a WA driving authorisation ) nor another jurisdiction’s driving authorisation but has previously held a WA driving authorisation or another jurisdiction’s driving authorisation, the demerit point registry jurisdiction for that person is, for the purposes of this Act —

            (a)         the jurisdiction under the law of which the person previously held one of those authorisations; or

            (b)         if paragraph (a) would identify 2 or more jurisdictions, the jurisdiction under the law of which the person most recently held one of those authorisations.

        (4)         If this section does not otherwise identify one, and only one, jurisdiction as the demerit point registry jurisdiction for a person, this State is, for the purposes of this Act, the demerit point registry jurisdiction for that person.

        (5)         A jurisdiction can be the demerit point registry jurisdiction even though that jurisdiction does not have a law corresponding to this Part under which points may be recorded for offences involving the driving or use of motor vehicles.