Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Every vehicle that
is operated after the coming into operation of this Act is required to be
licensed under this Part.
(2) This section does
not apply to any journey made for reward by a motor vehicle, that is not a
commercial goods vehicle or omnibus, on any occasion with respect to which the
Minister is satisfied that a special emergency justified the making of the
journey.
[(3) deleted]
(4) For the purposes
of determining whether or not a licence is required under this Part in respect
of any commercial goods vehicle, where goods are to be conveyed from one place
to another, and the carriage of those goods is effected by stages whether by
one vehicle or by different vehicles, the whole distance over which the goods
are, or are to be, carried shall be taken to comprise the one journey and
every vehicle taking part in the carriage of the goods in the course of that
journey is to be deemed to make the whole journey.
[Section 20 amended by No. 93 of 1979
s. 6; No. 54 of 1985 s. 22 and 52.]