Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) If —
(a) a
person (the offender ) has been convicted and dealt with (in this State or
elsewhere) for an offence; and
(b) that
offence was committed during the suspension period of a suspended fine imposed
on the offender in relation to another offence,
a written notice
alleging those matters may be lodged in a court in accordance with this
section.
(2) The notice may be
lodged at any time up until 2 years after the last day of the suspension
period.
(3) The notice may be
signed by a police officer or another person referred to in the
Criminal Procedure Act 2004 section 20(3).
(4) The notice must be
in a prescribed form and be signed in the presence of a JP or a prescribed
court officer (as defined in the Criminal Procedure Act 2004 section 3(1))
who may issue a summons to the offender.
(5) The notice must be
lodged with, and the summons must direct the offender to appear before, the
court that imposed the suspended fine.
(6) The
Criminal Procedure Act 2004 section 32, with any necessary changes, applies to
and in respect of a summons issued under this section.
(7) An offender who
appears before a court as a result of a summons issued under this section must
be dealt with by the court under section 60E.
[Section 60D inserted: No. 45 of 2016 s. 52.]