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WA Moves to Introduce ‘Kelly’s Law’ to Keep Charged Drivers Off the Road Until Court

The proposal grew from the T’Hart family’s campaign after the accused driver legally returned to the road two months after the fatal crash.

Overview

  • WA ministers unveiled draft amendments dubbed Kelly’s Law, with a bill set to be introduced to parliament on Tuesday.
  • Mandatory licence suspensions would extend from two to three months once serious driving charges are laid.
  • Disqualification notices would expand to all drink- and drug-driving, reckless and dangerous driving, high-level speeding, and hit-and-run offences.
  • Courts would gain authority to keep licences suspended until cases are finalised to bolster community safety and ease victims’ trauma.
  • Maddison Peace Bain has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death under the influence and to driving under the influence, with sentencing scheduled for early April.