Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

MOTOR TRAFFIC (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS) (AMENDMENT) ACT (NO. 2) 1999 (NO. 18 OF 1999) - SECT 2

    This Act commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette .

3.     Principal Act

    In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Motor Traffic (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1977 . ¹

4.     Insertion

    Before section 29 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

“27.     Imprisonment—ss. 22, 23 and 24 offences

    Where—

        (a)     a person is convicted of an offence against section 22, 23 or 24; and

        (b)     the Court considers that, in all the circumstances and having regard to the antecedents of the person (including convictions for offences against this Act, against the Motor Traffic Act 1936 or for corresponding offences), that it is appropriate to do so;

the Court may, in addition to, or in substitution of, a pecuniary penalty, sentence the person to a term of imprisonment not exceeding—

        (c)     in the case of an offence by a first offender—6 months; or

        (d)     in the case of an offence by a repeat offender—12 months.”.