Officer feedback sought – changes to Road Traffic Act statutory declaration process for alleged parking offences

The changes to the Road Traffic Act will allow vehicle owners to nominate the driver at fault for alleged parking offences through nominations, rather than statutory declarations. The Department for Infrastructure and Transport is seeking officer feedback on the form to be used for nominations.

Amendments to section 174A of the Road Traffic Act 1961 (arising from commencement of section 60 of the Statutes Amendment (Transport Portfolio) Act 2021) will come into effect in May 2023.

For alleged parking offences, vehicle owners will be able to nominate another person as the driver or owner of a vehicle by nomination rather than by statutory declaration. Unlike statutory declarations, nominations do not need to be witnessed.

The amendments will simplify the nomination process for vehicle owners (as they will no longer need statutory declarations to be witnessed by a justice of the peace (JP)). It will allow councils to accept nominations online, should they choose.

The Minister for Transport and Infrastructure will prescribe a form to be used for nominations and publish details in the SA Government Gazette.

The Department for Infrastructure and Transport is seeking officer feedback on the proposed Nomination form.

Please submit your feedback to Tami Norman, Program Leader Governance, by COB Friday 23 February 2023.