Prescribed road law offences and modified penalties (s. 95(1)): Road Traffic Act 1974
23 Prescribed road law offences and modified penalties (s. 95(1)): Road Traffic Act 1974
In this regulation —
novice driver (type 1A) has the meaning given in the Road Traffic (Authorisation to Drive) Regulations 2014 regulation 4(2).
An offence under a provision of the Road Traffic Act 1974 set out in the Table to this regulation is an offence in respect of which an infringement notice may be served under Part 5 of the Act.
The penalty applicable in relation to the offence if the offence is dealt with by infringement notice is the number of PU set out in the Table opposite the offence.
Table
Provision of Road Traffic Act 1974 | Description of offence | Penalty if dealt with by infringement notice (PU) |
|---|---|---|
s. 49(1) | Driving while not authorised under the Road Traffic (Authorisation to Drive) Act 2008 Pt. 2 — in these circumstances — | 2 |
(a) the offence is not committed by a novice driver (type 1A) between midnight and the following 5 a.m. or in relation to the number of passengers carried in a motor vehicle; and (b) the Road Traffic Act 1974 s. 49(3) does not apply | ||
s. 49(1) | Driving while not authorised under the Road Traffic (Authorisation to Drive) Act 2008 Pt. 2 if the offence is committed by a novice driver (type 1A) either — (a) between midnight and the following 5 a.m.; or (b) in relation to the number of passengers carried in a motor vehicle | 4 |
s. 50A(1) | Failure to carry or produce document to do with authorisation other than Australian driver licence | 1 |
s. 50A(2) | Holder of foreign country’s driver’s licence failing to comply with condition of licence | 1 |
s. 54(6) | Driver involved in incident occasioning bodily harm failing to give name and address | 10 |
s. 55(1) | Driver in incident occasioning property damage failing to stop after incident | 10 |
s. 55(4) | Driver in incident occasioning property damage failing to give name and address | 10 |
s. 62 | Careless driving | 6 |
s. 62B(1) | Providing driving instruction to a learner driver while having a blood alcohol content of or above 0.05 g of alcohol per 100 mL of blood | 15 |
s. 62B(4) | Providing driving instruction to a learner driver while having any blood alcohol content where the instructor is a person described in the Road Traffic Act 1974 s. 62B(2) | 15 |
s. 62B(5) | Providing driving instruction to a learner driver in respect of a motor vehicle that has a GCM that is 22.5 tonnes or more while having any blood alcohol content | 15 |
s. 62C(1) | Providing driving instruction to a learner driver while a prescribed illicit drug is present in the instructor’s oral fluid or blood | 15 |
s. 64AA | A first offence of driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle while having a blood alcohol content of or above 0.05 g of alcohol per 100 mL of blood | 20 |
s. 64AAA | Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle while having any blood alcohol content | 8 |
s. 71BA(3) | Contravening a prohibition notice | 12 |
s. 81F(1) | Obstructing the use of, or misusing, road closed for events | 4 |
s. 81G(2) | Driving a motor vehicle that is a heavy vehicle, on a road, that has a radar detector fitted to, within or on the vehicle | 30 |
s. 81G(2) | Driving a motor vehicle that is not a heavy vehicle, on a road, that has a radar detector fitted to, within or on the vehicle | 24 |
s. 95(1) | Immobilising parked motor vehicle | 20 |
s. 97(1) | Towing parked motor vehicle without satisfying requirements | 10 |
s. 97(4) | Controller of premises giving false or misleading information to tow truck driver | 10 |
s. 99(2) | Failure to release vehicle that is being loaded onto tow truck | 10 |
s. 100(2) | Failure to inform person that vehicle will be released on payment of on‑site release charge | 10 |
s. 100(3) | Failure to release vehicle on payment of on‑site release charge | 10 |
s. 100(4) | Stating amount for on‑site release charge that exceeds prescribed maximum | 10 |
s. 100(5) | Imposing further towing charges after release of vehicle following payment of on‑site release charge | 10 |
s. 101 | Failure to tow vehicle by most direct route to approved storage yard | 4 |
s. 102(2) | Failure to give copy of towing arrangement | 10 |
s. 102(4) | Failure to ensure persons are given or have access to towing arrangement | 4 |
s. 103(2) | Failure to release vehicle from storage yard | 10 |
s. 105(1) | Imposing towing charges in excess of prescribed maximum | 4 |
s. 105A(1) | Imposing storage charges in excess of prescribed maximum | 4 |
s. 105E(1) | Detaining parked motor vehicle | 10 |
[Regulation 23 amended: Gazette 25 Nov 2016 p. 5281‑2; 26 May 2017 p. 2638; SL 2020/150 r. 4; SL 2020/231 r. 7; SL 2020/262 r. 4; SL 2021/55 r. 4; SL 2024/201 r. 15; SL 2024/237 r. 4.]
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