Western Australian Numbered Acts

ROAD TRAFFIC AMENDMENT ACT 2006 (NO. 54 OF 2006) - SECT 37

37 .         Section 26 amended

        (1)         The amendments in this Division are to the Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices Enforcement Act 1994 *.

        [*         Reprinted as at 2 November 2001.
                For subsequent amendments see Western Australian Legislation Information Tables for 2004, Table 1, p. 167. ]

        (2)         Section 26(2) is repealed and the following subsection is inserted instead —

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        (2)         If the alleged offence is under the Road Traffic Act 1974  —

            (a)         the payment of the whole or a part of the modified penalty and associated enforcement fees in relation to a traffic infringement notice before an order to pay or elect is made in respect of the notice; or

            (b)         the making of an order to pay or elect in respect of a traffic infringement notice,

                constitutes a conviction of the alleged offender for the alleged offence for the purposes of section 51(1)(a) of that Act and, for the purposes of Part VIA of that Act, the matter is to be treated as having been dealt with by infringement notice when the payment or order is made.

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