136Supervisory intervention orders

136 Supervisory intervention orders

(1) The court that finds a person guilty of a road law offence may, on the application of the prosecutor or the Authority, if the court considers the person to be a systematic or persistent offender against the Australian road laws, make an order under this section. (2) The court may make a supervisory intervention order requiring the person (at the person’s own expense and for a specified period not exceeding one year) to do any or all of the following: (a) to do specified things that the court considers will improve the person’s compliance with road laws or specified aspects of road laws, including (for example) the following: (i) appointing or removing staff to or from particular activities or positions; (ii) training and supervising staff; (iii) obtaining expert advice as to maintaining appropriate compliance; (iv) installing monitoring, compliance, managerial or operational equipment (including, for example, intelligent transport system equipment); (v) implementing monitoring, compliance, managerial or operational practices, systems or procedures; (b) to conduct specified monitoring, compliance, managerial or operational practices, systems or procedures subject to the direction of the Authority or a person nominated by the Authority; (c) to furnish compliance reports to the Authority or the court or both as specified in the order; (d) to appoint a person to have responsibilities: (i) to assist the person in improving compliance with road laws or specified aspects of road laws; and (ii) to monitor the person’s performance in complying with road laws or specified aspects of road laws and in complying with the requirements of the order; and (iii) to furnish compliance reports to the Authority or the court or both as specified in the order. (3) The court may specify matters that are to be dealt with in compliance reports and the form, manner and frequency in which compliance reports are to be prepared and furnished. (4) The court may require that compliance reports or aspects of compliance reports be made public, and may specify the form, manner and frequency in which they are to be made public. (5) The court may only make a supervisory intervention order if it is satisfied that the order is capable of improving the person’s ability or willingness to comply with the road laws, having regard to: (a) the Australian road law offences of which the person has been previously found guilty; and (b) the Australian road law offences for which the person has been proceeded against by way of unwithdrawn infringement notices; and (c) any other offences or other matters that the court considers to be relevant to the conduct of the person in connection with road transport. (6) The order may direct that any other penalty or sanction imposed for the offence by the court is suspended until the court determines that there has been a substantial failure to comply with the order. (7) A court that has power to make supervisory intervention orders may revoke or amend a supervisory intervention order on the application of: (a) the Authority; or (b) the person in respect of whom the order was made, but in that case only if the court is satisfied that there has been a change of circumstances warranting revocation or amendment. (8) In this section: