Division 3Division 3 The traffic offender intervention program
The objective of the program is to provide a community based road safety educational program for referred traffic offenders:(a) to provide such offenders with the information and skills necessary to develop positive attitudes to driving and to change driving behaviour, and(b) to develop safer driving behaviour in such offenders.
93 Measures that constitute the program
The program is constituted by the following measures:(a) Court refers traffic offender to approved traffic course
The Local Court refers an offender for participation in the program by making a program participation order that specifies the approved traffic course that the offender is to undertake and the offender enters into a written agreement to participate in the program.(b) Referred traffic offender to participate in course
The referred traffic offender complies with the requirements of the approved traffic course that the Local Court has required the offender to undertake.(c) Approved traffic course provider reports to Local Court on compliance
The approved traffic course provider makes a written report to the Local Court as to the referred traffic offender’s compliance with the requirements of the approved traffic course before the Court finalises the matter.
94 Reports to Local Court on compliance
The approved traffic course provider that conducts the approved traffic course to which a referred traffic offender has been referred must report to the Local Court in the form approved by the Minister on the extent to which the offender has complied with the requirements of the program no later than 5 working days before the date fixed by the Court for the offender to re-appear before the Court to finalise the matter.
95 Approved traffic course provider to make records
The approved traffic course provider that conducts the approved traffic course to which a referred traffic offender has been referred must make a record (or cause a record to be made) of the following matters in connection with the participation of the offender in the course:(a) the name, address and date of birth of the offender,(b) the nature of the traffic offence,(c) the extent to which the offender has complied with the requirements of the course (including attendance at the course and assessment criteria for the course),(d) any fees or other moneys paid by the offender to the provider in relation to the course,(e) any other matters specified by the guidelines or that the provider considers relevant.