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westoz · #9 11-10-2015, 02:15 PM

Section 55 Road Traffic Act of WA.

55. Driver in incident occasioning property damage to stop and
give information
(1) If a vehicle driven by a person (the driver) is involved in an
incident in which any property is damaged, the driver must stop
immediately after the occurrence of the incident and for as long
as is necessary to comply with subsection (4).
Penalty: a fine of 30 PU.
(2) If in the opinion of the court an offence under subsection (1) is
of a sufficiently serious nature the court may make an order
disqualifying the offender from holding or obtaining a driver’s
licence for such period as it thinks fit.
(3) It is a defence to a charge of an offence under subsection (1) for
the accused to prove that the accused was not aware of the
occurrence of the incident.
(4) If a vehicle driven by a person (the driver) is involved in an
incident in which any property is damaged, the driver must, if
required to do so by a person whose property was damaged in
the incident or a representative of that person or a police officer,
give the driver’s name and address and, if known to the driver,
the name and address of a responsible person for the vehicle.
Penalty: a fine of 30 PU.
(5) It is a defence to a charge of an offence under subsection (1)
or (4) for the accused to prove that the accused could not
comply with a requirement in that subsection because of an
injury suffered by the accused in the incident.
[Section 55 inserted by No. 39 of 2007 s. 20; amended by No. 8
of 2012 s. 37.]

Section 73 Road Traffic Act of WA.

73. Certain offences extend to driving or attempting to drive in
public places.

In sections 54, 55 and 56 and in sections 59 to 72 inclusive, but
not in section 62A, a reference, however expressed, to the
driving of or attempting to drive a motor vehicle shall be
construed as a reference to the driving of or attempting to drive
a motor vehicle on a road or in any place to which the public is permitted, whether on payment of a fee or otherwise, to have access, and a reference to a driver shall be construed
accordingly.