Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 53

53 .         Driver failing to give name and address to member of the Police Force, failing to stop etc.

        (1)         Any driver of a vehicle who —

            (a)         when required by a member of the Police Force to state his name and place of abode refuses to do so, or states a false name or place of abode; or

            (b)         refuses or fails to stop his vehicle when called upon to do so by a member of the Police Force,

                commits an offence.

        Penalty: For a first offence, 6 PU.

                For a subsequent offence, 12 PU.

        (2)         Any driver of a vehicle who, when required by any member of the Police Force, does not produce his driver’s licence on demand, commits an offence against this Act and shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 4 PU, but it shall not be an offence if the driver subsequently produces the licence, within a reasonable time after demand, to the Director General or to the officer-in-charge of any police station.

        (3)         Any person who was present at the scene of any accident in which a vehicle was involved, and who, in the opinion of a member of the Police Force, may be able to give information or evidence in relation to the accident, shall, if requested so to do by the member of the Police Force, furnish to him particulars of his name and place of abode, and if the person refuses to furnish any of those particulars when requested so to do, or furnishes particulars of his name or place of abode which are false or untrue in any respect he shall be guilty of an offence.

        Penalty: 4 PU.

        (4)         Where a member of the Police Force has reasonable grounds for believing that a person has committed an offence against this Act, he may require that person to furnish him with particulars of his name and place of abode, and a person who, when so required, refuses to furnish those particulars or furnishes particulars which are false or untrue in any respect commits an offence.

        Penalty: For a first offence, 6 PU.

                For a subsequent offence, 12 PU.

        [Section 53 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. 50 of 1997 s. 13.]

        [Section 53. Modifications to be applied in order to give effect to Cross-border Justice Act 2008: section altered 1 Nov 2009. See endnote 1M.]