Western Australian Current Acts

ROAD TRAFFIC (AUTHORISATION TO DRIVE) ACT 2008 - SECT 58

58 .         Holder of licence in another jurisdiction applying

        (1)         When a driver’s licence under this Act is obtained by a person for whom, immediately before the person obtains the licence, another jurisdiction was the demerit point registry jurisdiction (the former demerit point registry jurisdiction ), the CEO is to cause to be recorded against the person in the demerit points register —

            (a)         any national demerit point offence (as defined in this Act) that —

                  (i)         immediately before the person obtains the driver’s licence, stands recorded against the person under a law of the former demerit point registry jurisdiction corresponding to this Part; and

                  (ii)         is not already recorded in the demerit points register;

                and

            (b)         demerit points for, and other details of, any offence required by paragraph (a) to be recorded against the person.

        (2)         The number of demerit points to be recorded for the offence is the number of points that were recorded against the person for the offence under the law of the former demerit point registry jurisdiction.

        (3)         Subsection (1) does not require an offence to be recorded if it was committed or allegedly committed more than 3 years before the day on which the offence would otherwise be required to be recorded in the demerit points register, and section 48 applies also to demerit points for an offence recorded under this section.