Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Every person who
drives a motor vehicle in a manner (which expression includes speed) that is,
having regard to all the circumstances of the case, dangerous to the public or
to any person commits an offence.
(2) A person charged
with an offence against this section may, instead of being convicted of that
offence, be convicted of an offence against section 62.
(3) A person convicted
of an offence against this section is liable —
(a) for
a first offence, to a fine of 16 PU; and
(b) for
any subsequent offence, to a fine of 40 PU or to imprisonment for
9 months; and, in any event, the court convicting that person shall order
that he be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence for
a period of not less than 12 months.
(4) For the purposes
of subsection (3), where a person is convicted of an offence against this
section any offence previously committed by him against section 59, 59A,
or 60 shall be taken into account and be deemed to have been an offence
against this section (but not to the exclusion of any other previous offence
against this section) in determining whether that first-mentioned offence is a
first or subsequent offence.
[Section 61 amended by No. 11 of 1988
s. 24; No. 78 of 1995 s. 147; No. 50 of 1997 s. 13;
No. 50 of 2003 s. 92(2); No. 54 of 2006 s. 13.]