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Western Australia
Road Traffic (Smoking in Motor Vehicles)
Amendment Bill 2006
CONTENTS
Part 1 -- Preliminary
1. Short title 2
2. Commencement 2
Part 2 -- Amendment of Road Traffic
Act 1994
3. The Act amended 3
4. Section 62B inserted 3
62B. Smoking in motor vehicles 3
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Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
(Introduced by Hon. Dr. K. Hames, MLA)
Road Traffic (Smoking in Motor Vehicles)
Amendment Bill 2006
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Road Traffic Act 1994 to prohibit smoking in
motor vehicles in which a child is present.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
page 1
Road Traffic (Smoking in Motor Vehicles) Amendment Bill 2006
Part 1 Preliminary
s. 1
Part 1 -- Preliminary
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Road Traffic (Smoking in Motor
Vehicles) Amendment Act 2006.
5 2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on a day fixed by proclamation.
page 2
Road Traffic (Smoking in Motor Vehicles) Amendment Bill 2006
Amendment of Road Traffic Act 1994 Part 2
s. 3
Part 2 -- Amendment of Road Traffic Act 1994
3. The Act amended
The amendments in this Part are to the Road Traffic Act 1994.
4. Section 62B inserted
5 After section 62A the following section is inserted --
"
62B. Smoking in motor vehicles
(1) A person who smokes inside a motor vehicle, whether
in motion or at rest, when any other person inside the
10 motor vehicle has not yet attained the minimum age of
17 years, commits an offence.
Penalty: 2 PU.
(2) In this section --
"smoke" has the same meaning as in section 289E of
15 the Health Act 1911.
".
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