Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) In this
section —
“road traffic laws” , of a
participating jurisdiction, means —
(a) if
the jurisdiction is the State — the Road Traffic Act 1974 ;
or
(b) if
the jurisdiction is another participating jurisdiction — the road
traffic laws of that other jurisdiction under its cross-border laws.
(2)
Subsections (3) and (4) apply in relation to a requirement under the
law of the State to do something if no other provision of the State’s
cross-border laws authorises the thing to be done in another
participating jurisdiction.
(3) A person who is
required under the State’s road traffic laws to do something at a police
station or other place may do that thing at a police station or other place in
another participating jurisdiction if the person has a
connection with a cross-border region.
(4) A person who is
required under any other law of the State to do something at a police station
may do that thing at a police station in another participating jurisdiction if
the person has a connection with a cross-border region.
(5)
Subsections (6) and (7) apply in relation to a requirement under the
law of another participating jurisdiction to do something if no other
provision of the State’s cross-border laws allows the thing to be done
in the State.
(6) A person who is
required under another participating jurisdiction’s road traffic laws to
do something at a police station or other place may do that thing at a police
station or other place in the State if the person has a
connection with a cross-border region.
(7) A person who is
required under any other law of another participating jurisdiction to do
something at a police station may do that thing at a police station in the
State if the person has a connection with a cross-border region.
Note for section 138:
For the purpose of deciding whether or not a
person to whom section 138 applies has a connection with a cross-border
region, section 24 and Part 2 Division 4 apply.