Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this section
—
post-commencement demerit points means current
demerit points other than those recorded for an offence committed before the
day on which the Road Traffic Amendment Act (No. 2) 2007 section 27 came into
operation 1 .
(2) If the number of
post-commencement demerit points recorded in the demerit points register
against a person reaches at least 4 in respect of any offence committed when
the person was a novice driver (type 1), or against a person reaches at least
8 in respect of any offence committed when the person was a novice driver
(type 2), the CEO is to give the person, whether or not the person is still a
novice driver, in accordance with section 59, an excessive demerit points
(novice driver) notice stating —
(a) the
day on which that number of post-commencement demerit points was reached; and
(b) the
number of post-commencement demerit points reached on that day; and
(c) that
the period of disqualification is 3 months; and
(d) that
the period of disqualification will commence on the day after the notice is
given or a later day specified in the notice.
(3) Post-commencement
demerit points recorded against the person in the demerit points register on
or before the day on which, according to the notice, the stated number of
demerit points was reached are cancelled.
(4) The person to whom
the notice is given is disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s
licence for the period of 3 months specified in the notice.
(5) Nothing in this
section prevents the day on which the period of disqualification commences
from being postponed under section 54.
(6) Regulations
referred to in section 56(7) may provide for all or some of the
post-commencement demerit points cancelled under subsection (3) to be again
recorded against the person.
(7) Nothing in this
section prevents section 49 from applying to a novice driver.