Western Australian Current Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC CODE 2000 - REG 17

17 .         Penalties for speeding

        (1)         Subject to regulation 17(2), the following points and modified penalties apply for the offences in this Part that refer to this regulation for their penalty.

Description		Points	Modified penalty
Exceeding a speed limit by —
(a)	not more than 9 km/h		2 PU
(b)	more than 9 km/h but not more than 19 km/h —
(i)         during a holiday period		4	4 PU
(ii)         other than during a holiday period		2	4 PU
(c)	more than 19 km/h but not more than 29 km/h —
(i)         during a holiday period		6	8 PU
(ii)         other than during a holiday period		3	8 PU
(d)	more than 29 km/h but not more than 40 km/h —
(i)         during a holiday period		12	16 PU
(ii)         other than during a holiday period		6	16 PU
(e)	more than 40 km/h —
(i)         during a holiday period		14	24 PU
(ii)         other than during a holiday period		7	24 PU

        (2)         Despite regulation 17(1), the following points and modified penalties apply for the offences in this Part that refer to this regulation for their penalty if the offence is committed by the driver of a heavy vehicle.

Description		Points	Modified penalty
Exceeding a speed limit by —
(a)	not more than 9 km/h		4 PU
(b)	more than 9 km/h but not more than 19 km/h —
(i)         during a holiday period		4	6 PU
(ii)         other than during a holiday period		2	6 PU
(c)	more than 19 km/h but not more than 29 km/h —
(i)         during a holiday period		6	10 PU
(ii)         other than during a holiday period		3	10 PU
(d)	more than 29 km/h but not more than 40 km/h —
(i)         during a holiday period		12	24 PU
(ii)         other than during a holiday period		6	24 PU
(e)	more than 40 km/h —
(i)         during a holiday period		14	30 PU
(ii)         other than during a holiday period		7	30 PU

        [Regulation 17 inserted: Gazette 22 Dec 2006 p. 5817‑18; amended: Gazette 29 Feb 2008 p. 694-5; 9 Sep 2014 p. 3244 and 3247; 25 Jul 2017 p. 4080.]