TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 14 Objectives

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 14

14 Objectives

(1) The following objectives are, as far as practicable, to be applied by anyone wanting to encourage a high level of road user performance and compliance with this Act—

(a) information about their obligations under this Act should be made available to road users;

(b) voluntary compliance should be sought in preference to enforcement;

(c) enforcement should be aimed primarily at deterring noncompliance by road users;

(d) enforcement strategies should, accordingly, try to increase road users’ perceptions of the risk of being detected if they offend;

(e) measures aimed at encouraging compliance should—

(i) target the road users who are least likely to comply with this Act; and

(ii) try to avoid imposing costs on the road users who are likely to comply voluntarily;

(f) appropriate alternative compliance schemes should be used as a way of demonstrating compliance.

(2) Preventing the continued commission of offences and imposing appropriate penalties should be seen as objectives that support the other objectives in subsection (1) .