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South Australia
Road Traffic (Previous Convictions) Amendment
Bill 2006
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Road Traffic Act 1961.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short
title
2 Commencement
3 Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Road Traffic
Act 1961
4 Amendment of section 45A—Excessive
speed
5 Amendment of section 46—Reckless and dangerous
driving
6 Amendment of section 47—Driving under
influence
7 Amendment of section 47A—Interpretation
8 Amendment of
section 47B—Driving while having prescribed concentration of alcohol in
blood
9 Amendment of section 47BA—Driving with prescribed drug in oral
fluid or blood
10 Amendment of section 47E—Police may require alcotest
or breath analysis
11 Amendment of section 47EAA—Police may require
drug screening test, oral fluid analysis and blood test
12 Amendment of
section 47I—Compulsory blood tests
13 Amendment of section
47J—Recurrent offenders
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Road Traffic (Previous Convictions)
Amendment Act 2006.
This Act will come into operation 1 month after the date of
assent.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment
of Road Traffic
Act 1961
4—Amendment of
section 45A—Excessive speed
Section 45A(4)—delete ", but only if the previous offence was
committed or alleged to have been committed within the period of 5 years
immediately preceding the date on which the offence under consideration was
allegedly committed"
5—Amendment of
section 46—Reckless and dangerous driving
Section 46(4)—delete "that was committed within the period of five
years immediately preceding the commission of the offence under
consideration"
6—Amendment of
section 47—Driving under influence
Section 47(4)—delete ", but only if the previous offence was
committed within the prescribed period immediately preceding the date on which
the offence under consideration was committed"
7—Amendment of
section 47A—Interpretation
Section 47A(3)—delete subsection (3)
8—Amendment of
section 47B—Driving while having prescribed concentration of alcohol in
blood
(1) Section 47B(4)—delete ", but only if the previous offence was
committed within the prescribed period immediately preceding the date on which
the offence under consideration was committed"
(2) Section 47B(6)—delete ", but only if the previous offence was
committed or alleged to have been committed within the prescribed period
immediately preceding the date on which the offence under consideration was
allegedly committed"
9—Amendment of
section 47BA—Driving with prescribed drug in oral fluid or
blood
(1) Section 47BA(5)—delete ", but only if the previous offence was
committed within the prescribed period immediately preceding the date on which
the offence under consideration was committed"
(2) Section 47BA(7)—delete ", but only if the previous offence was
committed or alleged to have been committed within the prescribed period
immediately preceding the date on which the offence under consideration was
allegedly committed"
10—Amendment of
section 47E—Police may require alcotest or breath
analysis
Section 47E(7)—delete ", but only if the previous offence was
committed within the prescribed period immediately preceding the date on which
the offence under consideration was committed"
11—Amendment of
section 47EAA—Police may require drug screening test, oral fluid analysis
and blood test
Section 47EAA(17)—delete ", but only if the previous offence was
committed within the prescribed period immediately preceding the date on which
the offence under consideration was committed"
12—Amendment of
section 47I—Compulsory blood tests
Section 47I(14b)—delete ", but only if the previous offence was
committed within the prescribed period immediately preceding the date on which
the offence under consideration was committed"
13—Amendment of
section 47J—Recurrent offenders
Section 47J(1)(b)—delete "three years" and substitute:
five years