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Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995
sec.14Objectives
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### sec.14 Objectives
The following objectives are, as far as practicable, to be applied by anyone wanting to encourage a high level of road user performance and compliance with this Act—
information about their obligations under this Act should be made available to road users;
voluntary compliance should be sought in preference to enforcement;
enforcement should be aimed primarily at deterring noncompliance by road users;
enforcement strategies should, accordingly, try to increase road users’ perceptions of the risk of being detected if they offend;
measures aimed at encouraging compliance should—
target the road users who are least likely to comply with this Act; and
try to avoid imposing costs on the road users who are likely to comply voluntarily;
appropriate alternative compliance schemes should be used as a way of demonstrating compliance.
Preventing the continued commission of offences and imposing appropriate penalties should be seen as objectives that support the other objectives in subsection (1) .
(sec.14-ssec.1) The following objectives are, as far as practicable, to be applied by anyone wanting to encourage a high level of road user performance and compliance with this Act— information about their obligations under this Act should be made available to road users; voluntary compliance should be sought in preference to enforcement; enforcement should be aimed primarily at deterring noncompliance by road users; enforcement strategies should, accordingly, try to increase road users’ perceptions of the risk of being detected if they offend; measures aimed at encouraging compliance should— target the road users who are least likely to comply with this Act; and try to avoid imposing costs on the road users who are likely to comply voluntarily; appropriate alternative compliance schemes should be used as a way of demonstrating compliance.
(sec.14-ssec.2) Preventing the continued commission of offences and imposing appropriate penalties should be seen as objectives that support the other objectives in subsection (1) .
- (a) information about their obligations under this Act should be made available to road users;
- (b) voluntary compliance should be sought in preference to enforcement;
- (c) enforcement should be aimed primarily at deterring noncompliance by road users;
- (d) enforcement strategies should, accordingly, try to increase road users’ perceptions of the risk of being detected if they offend;
- (e) measures aimed at encouraging compliance should— (i) target the road users who are least likely to comply with this Act; and (ii) try to avoid imposing costs on the road users who are likely to comply voluntarily;
- (i) target the road users who are least likely to comply with this Act; and
- (ii) try to avoid imposing costs on the road users who are likely to comply voluntarily;
- (f) appropriate alternative compliance schemes should be used as a way of demonstrating compliance.
- (i) target the road users who are least likely to comply with this Act; and
- (ii) try to avoid imposing costs on the road users who are likely to comply voluntarily;