Road Safety Act 1986

Despite the amendments made by section 4 of the Road Safety (Responsible Driving) Act 2002, subsections (3), (4) and (5) of section 21 of this Act, as in force immediately before the commencement of those amendments, continue to apply to offences alleged to have been committed before that commencement.

The amendments to section 25(3), (3B) and (3D) of this Act made by section 5 of the Road Safety (Responsible Driving) Act 2002 only apply to a person who held a learner permit or probationary driver licence before the amendments commence if the person incurs one or more demerit points after that commencement.

If the amendments referred to in subsection (2) apply to a person, a reference in section 25 of this Act to demerit points incurred by the person includes a reference to demerit points incurred by the person before the commencement of those amendments.

The amendments to this Act made by sections 7 and 14 of the Road Safety (Responsible Driving) Act 2002 only apply to offences alleged to have been committed after the commencement of those amendments.

The amendment to section 49(1)(f) of this Act made by section 8 of the Road Safety (Responsible Driving) Act 2002 only applies to offences alleged to have been committed after the commencement of that amendment.

The amendments to section 51 of this Act made by section 9(1)(b) and section 9(2) to (7) of the Road Safety (Responsible Driving) Act 2002 only apply to offences alleged to have been committed after the commencement of those amendments.

The amendments to section 51 of this Act made by section 9(1)(a), (c) and (d) of the Road Safety (Responsible Driving) Act 2002 apply to offences alleged to have been committed before, on or after the commencement of those amendments.

Despite the amendments made by section 10 of the Road Safety (Responsible Driving) Act 2002, subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5) of section 89C of this Act, as in force immediately before the commencement of those amendments, continue to apply to offences alleged to have been committed before that commencement.

The amendment to section 89C(8) of this Act made by section 10 of the Road Safety (Responsible Driving) Act 2002 applies to any traffic infringement notice issued on or after 21 December 2001 for a drink-driving infringement irrespective of when the infringement was committed.

For the purposes of subsections (1), (4), (5), (6) and (8), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between two dates, one before and one after the commencement referred to in the particular subsection, the offence is alleged to have been committed—

in the case of subsections (1) and (8), before the commencement referred to in subsection (1) or (8) (as the case may be); or

in the case of subsections (4), (5) and (6), after the commencement referred to in that subsection.