Police Offences Regulations 2024
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6 Prescribed offences
(1) For the purposes of Division 2 of Part IVA of the Act, the following offences are prescribed:
(a) an offence against section 13 of the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 , if the offender has been charged on at least one previous occasion with an offence against –
(i) that section; or
(ii) section 19A of the Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1970 ;
(b) a speeding offence if the prescribed speed-limit is exceeded by 45km/h or more.
(2) In the application of Division 2 of Part IVA of the Act to a speeding offence, a police officer may find that a person has committed such an offence as result of the examination of a photograph from a photographic detection device.