❓ Mr. Stephens questions the WA Police regarding the handling of traffic infringement notices and the use of postal addresses, particularly in regional areas without street delivery. The response clarifies the process for address updates and infringement notice delivery.
AnsweredQoN 6154Legislative Assembly
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(1) Do Western Australian motor vehicle driver’s license regulations provide for the separate recording of a license holder’s residential and postal address?
(2) If a postal address is recorded for a Western Australian motor vehicle license holder, will traffic infringement notices be automatically sent to the postal address rather than the residential street address?
(3) Is the Minister aware that there are many parts of regional Western Australia where there is no street or residential delivery of mail?
(4) Will the Minister ensure that Western Australia Police in future send all traffic infringement notices to a driver’s postal address if it has been recorded?
(2) If a postal address is recorded for a Western Australian motor vehicle license holder, will traffic infringement notices be automatically sent to the postal address rather than the residential street address?
(3) Is the Minister aware that there are many parts of regional Western Australia where there is no street or residential delivery of mail?
(4) Will the Minister ensure that Western Australia Police in future send all traffic infringement notices to a driver’s postal address if it has been recorded?
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Answered
18 October 2011
Responded by
Minister for Police
Response time
27 days
(1) The Road Traffic (Authorisation to Drive) Regulations makes no mention about the separate recording of residential and postal addresses. The only reference to addresses is Section 40 which requires the driver to notify the Director General if any changes to their residential address. The Change of Address form has provision to include a postal address if the postal address is different from the residential address. The form may be accessed on the internet via lifeevents.wa.gov.au
(2) The Image & Infringement Processing System (IIPS) will search the WA Police Information Management System (IMS) data base for the postal address of the registered owner. If there is no postal address, the search will default to the registered owner's residential address.
(3-4) The infringement will be sent to the address provided by the owner of the vehicle when the vehicle was registered, or to the address as stated by the registered owner if a change of address form has been submitted to the Department of Transport updating their status.
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(2) The Image & Infringement Processing System (IIPS) will search the WA Police Information Management System (IMS) data base for the postal address of the registered owner. If there is no postal address, the search will default to the registered owner's residential address.
(3-4) The infringement will be sent to the address provided by the owner of the vehicle when the vehicle was registered, or to the address as stated by the registered owner if a change of address form has been submitted to the Department of Transport updating their status.
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