Western Australian Current Acts

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 64B

64B .         Driving with blood alcohol content of or above 0.05 with prescribed illicit drug in oral fluid or blood

        (1)         A person commits an offence if the person drives or attempts to drive a motor vehicle while —

            (a)         a prescribed illicit drug is present in the person’s oral fluid or blood; and

            (b)         the person has a blood alcohol content of or above 0.05 g of alcohol per 100 ml of blood.

        Penalty for this subsection:

            (a)         a fine of not less than the minimum fine or more than the maximum fine in the Table; and

            (b)         the court convicting the person must, in any event, order that the person be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence for not less than the minimum period of disqualification in the Table.

Table

Blood alcohol content (g/100 ml)		First offence	Second offence	Subsequent offence
≥ 0.05 but < 0.07	Min: Max: Disq:	None 38 PU 3 months	38 PU 60 PU 9 months	38 PU 60 PU 12 months
≥ 0.07	Min: Max: Disq:	None 38 PU 3 months	45 PU 60 PU 12 months	45 PU 60 PU 15 months

        Note:         ≥ signifies of or above

                < signifies less than

                Disq signifies the minimum period of disqualification

                Max signifies the maximum fine

                Min signifies the minimum fine

        (2)         For the purposes of subsection (1), a previous conviction for an offence against subsection (3) or section 63, 64, 64AA, 64AB, 64AC, 67, 67AA or 67AD is taken to be a previous offence against subsection (1).

        (3)         A person commits an offence if the person drives or attempts to drive a motor vehicle while —

            (a)         a prescribed illicit drug is present in the person’s oral fluid or blood; and

            (b)         the person has a blood alcohol content of or above 0.08 g of alcohol per 100 ml of blood.

        Penalty for this subsection:

            (a)         a fine of not less than the minimum fine or more than the maximum fine in the Table; and

            (b)         the court convicting the person must, in any event, order that the person be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence for not less than the minimum period of disqualification in the Table.

Table

Blood alcohol content (g/100 ml)		First offence	Second offence	Subsequent offence
≥ 0.08 but < 0.09	Min: Max: Disq:	23 PU 68 PU 9 months	48 PU 68 PU 12 months	48 PU 68 PU 15 months
≥ 0.09 but < 0.11	Min: Max: Disq:	26 PU 68 PU 11 months	51 PU 68 PU 15 months	51 PU 68 PU 20 months
≥ 0.11 but < 0.13	Min: Max: Disq:	30 PU 68 PU 12 months	54 PU 90 PU 21 months	54 PU 90 PU 26 months
≥ 0.13	Min: Max: Disq:	35 PU 68 PU 14 months	72 PU 113 PU 27 months	72 PU 135 PU 42 months

        Note:         ≥ signifies of or above

                < signifies less than

                Disq signifies the minimum period of disqualification

                Max signifies the maximum fine

                Min signifies the minimum fine

        (4)         For the purposes of subsection (3), a previous conviction for an offence against section 63, 64, 64AB, 67, 67AA or 67AD(4) or (6) is taken to be a previous offence against subsection (3).

        (5)         For the purposes of subsections (1) and (3), an offence is a second or subsequent offence against this section irrespective of the blood alcohol content on the occasion of the conviction of any previous offence against this section.

        (6)         A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) or (3) may be arrested without warrant.

        (7)         A person charged with an offence against subsection (1) or (3) may, instead of being convicted of that offence, be convicted of an offence against —

            (a)         section 64, 64AA or 64AC; or

            (b)         section 64A(1), 64AAA(1) or 64C if, at the time of the alleged offence, the person was a person to whom section 64A(1) applied; or

            (c)         section 64A(4), 64AAA(2) or 64C if, at the time of the alleged offence, the motor vehicle concerned was a motor vehicle to which section 64A(4) applied.

        (8)         A person charged with an offence against subsection (3) may, instead of being convicted of that offence, be convicted of an offence against subsection (1).

        [Section 64B inserted: No. 27 of 2020 s. 13.]