Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008

This section has effect in relation to another jurisdiction while a law of the other jurisdiction contains provisions corresponding to this section.

The Minister to whom the administration of a particular road law (the road law) is for the time being committed by the Governor may enter into agreements about the road law with a Minister of the other jurisdiction for the purposes of this section, and to amend or revoke any such agreement.

To the extent envisaged by such an agreement —

police officers may, in this State or the other jurisdiction, exercise powers or perform other functions conferred respectively on authorised officers or members of the police force of the other jurisdiction under a law of the other jurisdiction corresponding to the road law; and

authorised officers or members of the police force of the other jurisdiction may, in this State or the other jurisdiction, exercise powers or perform other functions conferred on police officers under the road law.

Anything done or omitted to be done by a police officer as mentioned in subsection (3)(a) is to be taken to have been done under the road law as well as under the law of the other jurisdiction corresponding to the road law.

Regulations may make provision for or with respect to the exercise of powers or performance of other functions under this section.