Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

TAXI REGULATIONS 1995 - SCHEDULE 2

[Regulations 22(2) and (3)
and 23(1) and (2)]

FORM 1

TAXI ACT 1994  — section 39

TAXI REGULATIONS 1995  —  regulation 22(2)

Western Australia

Department for Planning and Infrastructure  ⁵

TAXI INFRINGEMENT NOTICE

PART “B”         This space for cash register imprint
To be retained by Cashier.
OFFICE COPY ONLY
Please do not detach from Part “A”

PART “A”
OFFICIAL RECEIPT
DEFENDANT’S COPY         No. .....................

        Issue Date ........../........../........

Sex: [ ]         Date of birth [ ]/[ ]/[ ]

M ........................................................................................................................................................
        Surname (Block Letters)         Other Names in full         MDL Number

Address ...............................................................................................................................................
        Number of Street         Town or Suburb         Postcode

Particulars of Taxi:                 Plate No. ............................         Annual fee due ........./........../..........

Make ........................................         Model .......................................         Colour ............................................

Company ..................................

It is alleged that at .............. hours on ......... day of .......................... 20 .......... at ............................

......................................................................... that you committed the offence indicated hereunder.

.............................................................................................................................................................

............................................................................................................................... Penalty $ [ ] [ ] [ ]
        Description of Offence

............................................................................ No. .................
Signature of authorised person

Take notice that — 

If you do not wish to have a complaint of the alleged offence heard and determined by a court, you may pay to an officer specified on the reverse side of this notice, within 28 days, the total amount specified.

If that amount is not paid within 28 days, further action will be taken in respect of the alleged offence(s) under the INREP system or by a prosecution. Procedures under the INREP system will give rise to charges payable by you additional to the penalty amount.

Payment may be made — 

                  (i)         by post to — 

                Accountant
                Department of Justice  ⁶
                GPO Box F317
                PERTH WA 6001

                  (ii)         by hand to — 

                Clerk of Courts  ⁷  — 

                Albany, Armadale, Broome, Bunbury, Busselton, Carnarvon, Collie, Derby, Esperance, Fremantle, Geraldton, Harvey, Kalgoorlie, Karratha, Katanning, Kununurra, Mandurah, Manjimup, Merredin, Moora, Midland, Narrogin, Northam, Pinjarra, Port Hedland, Roebourne, Rockingham and Perth — Court of Petty Sessions  ⁸ , Level 2, Central Law Courts, 30 St George’s Terrace.

A receipt will not be mailed unless requested.

Payments will not be accepted at any Department for Planning and Infrastructure  ⁵ offices.

Inquiries should be made in writing and forwarded by post to — 

(Insert appropriate address here)

TAXI INFRINGEMENT NOTICE CREDIT CARD SLIP

Do not detach — Return complete document with payment to — 

Department of Justice  ⁶
Box F317 G.P.O.
PERTH WA 6001

Please debit my credit card account — 

Bankcard [ ]         Mastercard [ ]         Visacard [ ]

Card Number [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]         Amount [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

Cardholder Name: ..............................................................................................................................

Signature: ........................................................................................... Expiry Date: ......../......../........

        [Form 1 amended in Gazette 28 Feb 2003 p. 682.]

FORM 2

TAXI ACT 1994  — section 39(6)

TAXI REGULATIONS 1995  —  regulation 22(3)

Western Australia

Department for Planning and Infrastructure  ⁵

NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF INFRINGEMENT NOTICE

Serial No.        

Name

Address

Dear Sir/Madam
Notice of withdrawal of proceedings
Infringement
Number

INREP Case
Number

Date

Time

Code

Description

Take notice that I, being authorised to do so hereby withdraw proceedings under the Taxi Act 1994 in relation to infringement notice issued for the above offence.

Director General         Date        

        [Form 2 amended in Gazette 28 Feb 2003 p. 682.]

FORM 3

TAXI ACT 1994  — section 34(1)(b)  ⁴

TAXI REGULATIONS 1995  —  regulation 23(1)(a)

Notice to Defendant

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT RELATING TO ELECTING
TO APPEAR OR NOT TO APPEAR AT A HEARING

TO .......................................................................................................................................................

(DEFENDANT)

OF .......................................................................................................................................................

(ADDRESS)

Charge/Reference ...............................................................................................................................

Date of Hearing ..................................................................................................................................

Court ...................................................................................................................................................

1.         THIS IS TO ADVISE you that under section 34  ⁴ of the Taxi Act 1994 you may by an election in writing in the prescribed form (copies which are attached to this notice) elect to appear or not to appear on the hearing of the complaint referred to in the summons which this notice accompanies.

2.         If you wish to make an election please complete the copies of the form of election accompanying this notice so as to indicate either that you will appear at the hearing of the complaint contained in the summons or that you will not appear at the hearing.

3.         For an election to be properly made under the Act one copy of the form of election should be delivered by post or otherwise to the clerk of petty sessions  ⁹ at the place appointed in the summons for the hearing and one copy should be delivered by post or otherwise to the complainant whose address is

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        so as to reach each addressee not later than 21 days before the time appointed in the summons for the hearing of the complaint.

4.         If you DO NOT APPEAR, whether you elect to do so or not, the court of petty sessions  ⁸ hearing the complaint may under the alternative procedure provided for in the Act proceed — 

            (a)         to hear and determine the complaint in your absence;

            (b)         to permit the affidavits accompanying the summons to be tendered in evidence; and

            (c)         to determine the complaint on such particulars in the affidavits in support of the matters alleged in the complaint as would, under the laws of evidence apart from section 34  ⁴ of the Taxi Act 1994 be admissible if given orally before the Court, and not on any other particulars.

5.         If you DO APPEAR at the hearing having elected not to appear or having made no election at all, the Court hearing the complaint is required, on the application of the complainant, to adjourn the hearing of the complaint for at least such time as is shown to the satisfaction of the Court to be necessary to enable the complainant to proceed otherwise than by the procedure referred to in paragraph 4 of this notice.

..........................................................
Complainant

FORM 4

TAXI ACT 1994  — section 34(1)(b)  ⁴

TAXI REGULATIONS 1995  —  regulation 23(1)(b)

ELECTION BY DEFENDANT

I ..............................................................................................................................

of ............................................................................................................................

having been served with a summons at least 28 days before the date appointed in the summons for the hearing of a complaint of an offence under the Taxi Act 1994 together with a notice that I may, under section 34  ⁴ of the Act, elect to appear or not to appear at the court of petty sessions  ⁸ on the hearing of the complaint hereby NOTIFY you that I elect — 

PLEASE INDICATE
THE ELECTION YOU          — TO APPEAR AT THE HEARING
ARE MAKING BY
DELETING WHICHEVER          — NOT TO APPEAR AT THE HEARING
DOES NOT APPLY

.....................................................................
(Signature of Defendant)

FORM 5

TAXI ACT 1994  — section 35(1)  ⁴

TAXI REGULATIONS 1995  —  regulation 23(2)

DOCUMENT RELATING TO ALLEGED PRIOR CONVICTIONS

NOTICE

TO .........................................................................................................................

(Defendant)

................................................................................................................................

(Address)

THIS IS TO ADVISE you that if — 

            (a)         you do not appear on the hearing of the complaint referred to in the summons with which this document is served or delivered; and

            (b)         you are convicted of the offence in that complaint,

this document shall be admissible evidence under section 35  ⁴ of the Taxi Act 1994 that you were convicted of the offences alleged, and of the particulars relating to those convictions.

PARTICULARS OF ALLEGED PRIOR CONVICTIONS

It is alleged that the defendant in this case has previously been convicted of certain offences particulars of which are as follows — 

DATE OF OFFENCE	SECTION/REGULATION	CHARGE NUMBER	DATE OF HEARING	PENALTY

Date ..........................................                 ........................................................

COMPLAINANT