Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 50A

50A .         Authorisation other than Australian driver licence

        (1)         A person whose authority to drive depends on a licence or authorisation granted under the law of an external licensing authority is required —

            (a)         while driving a motor vehicle on a road, to carry —

                  (i)         the official document that is evidence of that licence or authorisation; and

                  (ii)         if the official document is not in the English language, a translation of it into the English language verified by a person or body approved by the Director General;

                and

            (b)         to produce that document for inspection at the request of any member of the Police Force.

        (2)         If the person fails to comply with any condition to which the licence or authorisation is subject that can lawfully be complied with in this State, the person commits an offence.

        Penalty:

            (a)         for a first offence, 8 PU;

            (b)         for a subsequent offence, 16 PU.

        [Section 50A inserted by No. 54 of 2006 s. 10.]