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Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995
sec.117Use of penalties collected for camera-detected offences
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### sec.117 Use of penalties collected for camera-detected offences
All money collected for penalties imposed for camera-detected offences in excess of the administrative costs of collection must be used for the following purposes—
to fund the development or delivery of programs or initiatives for any of the following—
road safety education and awareness;
enabling practices and behaviours that improve road safety;
rehabilitation of persons who have been injured in a road crash;
to fund infrastructure and related technologies to improve the safety of State-controlled roads, with funding to be prioritised using a risk assessment methodology to maximise the reduction in the frequency and severity of road crashes.
In this section—
road crash means a collision or incident—
on or adjacent to a road; and
involving a moving vehicle; and
in which a person is killed or injured or property is damaged.
State-controlled road means a road or route or part of a road or route declared to be a State-controlled road under the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 .
s 117 (prev 1949 13 Geo 6 No. 26 s 44T) ins 1990 No. 19 s 6
amd 1990 No. 73 s 3 sch 5 ; 1994 No. 7 s 28
sub 1996 No. 62 s 8
reloc 1999 No. 42 s 54 (1) sch amdt 120
amd 2022 No. 19 s 15
(sec.117-ssec.1) All money collected for penalties imposed for camera-detected offences in excess of the administrative costs of collection must be used for the following purposes— to fund the development or delivery of programs or initiatives for any of the following— road safety education and awareness; enabling practices and behaviours that improve road safety; rehabilitation of persons who have been injured in a road crash; to fund infrastructure and related technologies to improve the safety of State-controlled roads, with funding to be prioritised using a risk assessment methodology to maximise the reduction in the frequency and severity of road crashes.
(sec.117-ssec.2) In this section— road crash means a collision or incident— on or adjacent to a road; and involving a moving vehicle; and in which a person is killed or injured or property is damaged. State-controlled road means a road or route or part of a road or route declared to be a State-controlled road under the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 .
- (a) to fund the development or delivery of programs or initiatives for any of the following— (i) road safety education and awareness; (ii) enabling practices and behaviours that improve road safety; (iii) rehabilitation of persons who have been injured in a road crash;
- (i) road safety education and awareness;
- (ii) enabling practices and behaviours that improve road safety;
- (iii) rehabilitation of persons who have been injured in a road crash;
- (b) to fund infrastructure and related technologies to improve the safety of State-controlled roads, with funding to be prioritised using a risk assessment methodology to maximise the reduction in the frequency and severity of road crashes.
- (i) road safety education and awareness;
- (ii) enabling practices and behaviours that improve road safety;
- (iii) rehabilitation of persons who have been injured in a road crash;
- (a) on or adjacent to a road; and
- (b) involving a moving vehicle; and
- (c) in which a person is killed or injured or property is damaged.