Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 6

6 .         Functions of Commissioner of Police and Director General

        (1)         The Commissioner of Police is responsible for the control and regulation of traffic in the State and for the enforcement of the traffic regulation provisions of this Act.

        (2)         The administration of the licensing provisions of this Act shall be carried out through the Director General who shall be responsible for the enforcement of those provisions.

        (3)         Without limiting subsection (2), the functions of the Director General include the exercise and performance of all powers, duties and responsibilities vested in or imposed on the Director General by this Act.

        (4)         Subsection (2) does not affect the powers of a member of the Police Force in relation to offences, or suspected offences, against the licensing provisions of this Act.

        [Section 6 inserted by No. 76 of 1996 s. 5.]