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• Legislation and penalties change from time to time, this information is only general.
• Radar detector and Laser jammer devices are illegal to use in all states including Western Australia.

 

Western Australia, WA - radar detector laws

Road Traffic (Administration) Regulations 2014 amended

s. 81G(2) Driving a motor vehicle, on a road, that has a radar detector fitted to, within or on the vehicle —

(a) during a holiday period 14

(b) other than during a holiday period 7

 

Road Traffic Code 2000

18A. Evasive action in relation to speed camera

(1) In this regulation —

average speed detection system has the meaning given in the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 section 117B(1);

speed measuring and recording equipment has the meaning given in the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 section 117(1).

(2) A person must not drive a motor vehicle on a road if the vehicle is fitted with any device or other equipment that would prevent or adversely affect the operation of speed measuring and recording equipment or an average speed detection system. Points:

(a) during a holiday period: 14

(b) other than during a holiday period: 7

Modified penalty:

(a) when driving a heavy vehicle: 30 PU

(b) when driving a motor vehicle other than a heavy vehicle: 24 PU

(3) A person must not drive a motor vehicle on a road in a manner that would prevent or adversely affect the operation of speed measuring and recording equipment or an average speed detection system.

Points:

(a) during a holiday period: 14

(b) other than during a holiday period: 7

Modified penalty:

(a) when driving a heavy vehicle: 30 PU

(b) when driving a motor vehicle other than a heavy vehicle: 24 PU

 

Queensland, QLD - radar detector laws

Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT-ROAD RULES) REGULATION 1999

Using radar detectors and similar devices

(1) A person must not drive a vehicle if the vehicle has in or on it-

(a) A device for preventing the effective use of a speed measuring device; or

(b) A device for detecting the use of a speed measuring device.
Maximum penalty-40 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) applies to a device whether or not the device is operating or in working order.

 

SOUTH AUSTRALIA - RADAR DETECTOR LAWS

(Road Traffic Act 1961- May 2 1996 Reprint) 53B.

53B Sale and seizure of radar detectors, jammers and similar devices

(1) A person must not sell a radar detector or jammer, or store or offer a radar detector or jammer for sale.

(2) A police officer may seize, retain and test any device that he or she has reasonable cause to suspect is a radar detector or jammer.

(3) A device seized under this section is forfeited to the Crown if a person is found guilty of or expiates an offence against this Act in relation to the device.

(4) A device forfeited pursuant to this section must be disposed of in such manner as the Commissioner of Police directs.

(5) In proceedings for an offence against this Act, an allegation in the complaint that a specified device is a radar detector or jammer is proof of the matter so alleged, in the absence of proof to the contrary.

(6) In this section:
radar detector or jammer includes any device for detecting the use, or preventing the effective use, of a speed measuring device (whether or not the speed measuring device employs radar in its operation).

 

Tasmania, TAS - radar detector laws

Traffic (Road Rules) Regulations 1999

REGULATION 225 PART 13 - LIGHTS AND WARNING DEVICES

Traffic (Road Rules) Regulations 1999 (S.R. 1999, No. 131)

Requested: 12 Oct 2011

Consolidated as at: Sessional

225.Using radar detectors and similar devices

(1) A person must not drive a vehicle if the vehicle has in or on it a device for preventing the effective use of a speed measuring device, or a device for detecting the use of a speed measuring device, unless the person is exempt from this rule under another law of this jurisdiction.

Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

Note: Drive includes be in control of - see the definition in the dictionary.

(2) Sub rule (1) applies whether or not the device is operating or in working order.

Note: Under the law of this jurisdiction, radar detectors and similar devices may be subject to confiscation - see rule rule 354.

354. Seizure of detection devices

(1) A police officer or authorised person who has reasonable grounds for believing that a motor vehicle is equipped with a detection device may

(a) Enter and search the motor vehicle; and

(b) Doing as little damage as possible in the circumstances, seize any device that appears to the police officer or authorised person to be a detection device; and

(c) Cause any device so seized to be tested; and

(d) Cause any device so seized to be produced in court as evidence in any proceedings under rule 225.

Note 1: Authorised person and police officer are defined in the dictionary.

Note 2: Rule 225 makes it an offence to drive a vehicle having a detection device.

(2) If a person is convicted of an offence under rule 225 the detection device to which the offence relates is forfeited to the Crown.

(3) In this rule, "detection device" means:

(a) A device for preventing the effective use of a speed measuring device; or

(b) A device for detecting the use of a speed measuring device.

 

Northern Territory, NT - radar detector laws

PART 2 – TRAFFIC RULES THAT APPLY IN TERRITORY
Division 8 – Other road rules

27. Interfering with traffic infringement detection device

(1) A person must not unlawfully tamper with, interfere with or cause damage to a traffic infringement detection device.

(2) A person must not unlawfully interfere with the operation of a traffic infringement detection device.

(3) A person must not drive a vehicle that has in it or on it a device for preventing the effective operation of a traffic infringement detection device.

(4) A person must not drive a vehicle that has in it or on it a device for detecting whether a traffic infringement detection device is in operation in the vicinity of the vehicle.

(5) A person commits an offence against sub regulation (3) or (4) whether or not the device in or on the vehicle is in use.

(6) If a member of the Police Force believes on reasonable grounds that a person has, or a vehicle is fitted with, a device that is intended to be used in contravention of this regulation, the member may seize the device for the purposes of tendering it in evidence in a prosecution of the person.

(7) If a person is found guilty of an offence against this regulation, the court may order a device seized under sub regulation (6), or a device used in the commission of the offence, to be forfeited to the Territory.

 

Australian Capital Territory, ACT - radar detector laws

Division 3 Horns and radar detectors

224 Using horns and similar warning devices

A driver must not use, or allow to be used, a horn, or similar warning device, fitted to or in the driver's vehicle unless:

(a) it is necessary to use the horn, or warning device, to warn other road users or animals of the approach or position of the vehicle; or

(b) the horn, or warning device, is being used as part of an anti-theft device, or an alcohol interlock device, fitted to the vehicle.

Offence provision.

Note 1 Driver's vehicle is defined in the dictionary, road user is defined in rule 14 and alcohol interlock device is defined in rule 221.

Note 2 Driver includes a person in control of a vehicle - see the definition of drive in the dictionary.

225 Using radar detectors and similar devices

(1) A person must not drive a vehicle if the vehicle, or trailer being towed by the vehicle, has in or on it a device for preventing the effective use of a speed measuring device, or a device for detecting the use of a speed measuring device, unless the person is exempt from this rule under another law of this jurisdiction.

Offence provision.

Note Drive includes be in control of - see the definition in the dictionary.

(2) A person who is travelling in or on a vehicle or trailer must not have in his or her possession a device for preventing the effective use of a speed measuring device, or a device for detecting the use of a speed measuring device, unless the person is exempt from this rule under another law of this jurisdiction.

Offence provision.

(3) Sub rules (1) and (2) apply whether or not the device is operating or in working order.

Note Under the law of this jurisdiction, radar detectors and similar devices may be subject to confiscation.

 

Victoria

Road Safety Act 1986

No. 127 of 1986

Part 6 - Offences and Legal Proceedings

74 Offence to sell, use or possess anti-speed measuring devices

(1) A person must not own, sell, use or possess a device the sole or principal purpose of which is to prevent the effective use of a prescribed speed measuring device or to detect when a prescribed speed measuring device is being used.

Penalty: 20 penalty units.

(2) A person must, if required to do so by a member of the police force or an officer of the Corporation or an employee in the Department of Infrastructure (being an officer or employee authorised in writing by the Corporation or the Secretary of the Department of Infrastructure, as the case requires, in that behalf), surrender to that member or officer or employee any device referred to in subsection (1).

Penalty: 5 penalty units.

(3) A court that convicts a person of an offence against subsection (1) or before which a person is charged with an offence against subsection (1) of which the person is found guilty or to which the person pleads guilty and in respect of which a conviction is not recorded may order that the device by means of which the offence was committed be forfeited to the Government of Victoria.

(4) All devices forfeited under subsection (3) must be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the Chief Commissioner of Police directs.

 

New South Wales

Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999 No 20 Current version for 1 July 2011 to date (accessed 12 October 2011 at 18:52) Part 3 Division 2 Section 48

48 Sale, purchase or use of prohibited speed measuring evasion articles

(cf Traffic Act, s 4AD)

(1) A person must not sell or offer for sale, or purchase, a prohibited speed measuring evasion article.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(2) A person must not drive a motor vehicle, or cause a motor vehicle or trailer to stand, on a road or road related area if a prohibited speed measuring evasion article is fitted or applied to, or carried in, the vehicle or trailer.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(3) The responsible person for a motor vehicle or trailer which is driven or stands on a road or road related area in contravention of subsection (2) is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under this section if the defendant satisfies the court that the article concerned was not designed as a prohibited speed measuring evasion article but was designed for another purpose.

(5) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under subsection (2) or (3) if the defendant satisfies the court that, at the time of the alleged offence:

(a) The vehicle was in the course of a journey to a place appointed by a police officer, an officer of the Authority or a court, in order to surrender the article, or

(b) The vehicle was the subject of a notice, issued in accordance with the regulations, requiring the responsible person for the vehicle to remove the article from the vehicle within a specified time and that time had not expired, or

(c) The defendant did not know, and in the circumstances could not reasonably be expected to have known, that the article concerned was fitted or applied to, or was being carried in, the vehicle or trailer.

Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999 No 20

Current version for 1 July 2011 to date (accessed 12 October 2011 at 18:55) Part 3 Division 2 Section 49

49 Surrender and forfeiture of prohibited speed measuring evasion articles

(cf Traffic Act, s 4AE)

(1) A police officer who reasonably believes that:

(a) A prohibited speed measuring evasion article is being sold or offered for sale in contravention of section 48 (1), or

(b) A motor vehicle or trailer is standing or being driven in contravention of section 48 (2) because of an article fitted or applied to, or carried in, the motor vehicle or trailer, may require a person in possession of the article to surrender it immediately to the police officer or, in the case of an article fitted or applied to a motor vehicle or trailer and not immediately removable, may by notice in writing served on the responsible person for the vehicle or trailer require the responsible person to surrender the article within a specified time and in a specified manner to the Commissioner of Police.

(2) An officer of the Authority who is authorised in writing by the Authority for the purposes of this section and who finds a prohibited speed measuring evasion article fitted or applied to, or carried in, a motor vehicle or trailer may, by notice in writing served on the responsible person for the motor vehicle or trailer, require the person to do either or both of the following:

(a) remove the article (if it is fitted to the motor vehicle or trailer),

(b) surrender the article within a specified time and in a specified manner to the Commissioner of Police.

(3) A person must comply with a requirement under subsection (1) or (2), whether or not he or she is the owner of the article concerned.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(4) A court that finds any person guilty of an offence under section 48 or under subsection (3) may order that the article concerned, if not already surrendered in compliance with a requirement under this section, be delivered to the Commissioner of Police within a time and in a manner specified by the court.

(5) An article surrendered as required under this section is forfeited to the Crown and may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of at the direction of the Commissioner of Police.

(6) No liability attaches to any person on account of the surrender by the person, in compliance with a requirement under this section, of a prohibited speed measuring evasion article of which that person is not the absolute owner.

 

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