Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 20

20 .         Licence obtained by means of a dishonoured cheque void

        (1)         Where the fees or charges for the grant or renewal of a vehicle licence are paid by a cheque which is not honoured by the financial institution on which it is drawn, the licence is void as from the time of grant or renewal as the case may be.

        (2)         The person to whom a licence referred to in subsection (1) is granted shall, on demand made by or on behalf of the Director General, forthwith deliver the licence and the number plates relating to that licence to the Director General.

        (3)         Where the person to whom the licence is granted —

            (a)         fails so to deliver the licence or the number plates; or

            (b)         after the demand uses or continues to use or allows any other person to use the licence or the number plates relating to that licence,

                he commits an offence.

        Penalty: For a first offence, 2 PU.

                For a subsequent offence, 6 PU.

        [Section 20 amended by No. 105 of 1981 s. 19; No. 11 of 1988 s. 24; No. 78 of 1995 s. 147; No. 76 of 1996 s. 20(3); No. 24 of 2000 s. 39(1) and 55; No. 28 of 2001 s. 11, 23(1) and (2).]

[ 21.         Deleted by No. 21 of 1995 s. 7.]