sec.14Objectives

### 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;