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ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 67AD

67AD .         Failure to comply with drug test requirement for persons with blood alcohol content of or above 0.05

        (1)         In this section —

        requirement means a requirement made by a police officer to a person to do one or more of the following —

            (a)         allow a sample of blood to be taken under section 66B or 66E;

            (b)         provide a sample of oral fluid under section 66D;

            (c)         accompany the police officer to a place and to wait at that place under section 66B, 66D or 66E.

        (2)         A person commits an offence if —

            (a)         the person has provided a sample of their breath for analysis under section 66(2) and it appears to a police officer based on the analysis of the samples that the person has a blood alcohol content that is of or above 0.05 g of alcohol per 100 mL of blood; and

            (b)         the police officer makes a requirement of the person; and

            (c)         the person fails to comply with the requirement.

        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

38 PU
60 PU
12 months

38 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

        (3)         For the purposes of subsection (2), a previous conviction for an offence against subsection (4) or (6) or section 63, 64AB, 64B, 67 or 67AA is taken to be a previous offence against subsection (2).

        (4)         A person commits an offence if —

            (a)         the person has provided a sample of their breath for analysis under section 66(2) and it appears to a police officer that the person has a blood alcohol content that is of or above 0.08 g of alcohol per 100 mL of blood; and

            (b)         the police officer makes a requirement of the person; and

            (c)         the person fails to comply with the requirement.

        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

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

        (6)         A person commits an offence if —

            (a)         the person has provided a sample of their breath for analysis under section 66(2) and it appears to a police officer that the person has a blood alcohol content of or above 0.15 g of alcohol per 100 ml of blood; and

            (b)         the police officer makes a requirement of the person; and

            (c)         the person fails to comply with the requirement.

        Penalty for this subsection:

            (a)         for a first offence, if the person has been previously convicted of an offence against section 64 —

                  (i)         a fine of not less than 48 PU and not more than 113 PU; and

                  (ii)         the court convicting the person must, in any event, order that the person be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence for a period of not less than the minimum period of disqualification that would apply if the offence were against section 64 instead of this section;

            (b)         for a first offence, if the person has been previously convicted of an offence against section 64B(3), or offences against sections 64 and 64B(3) —

                  (i)         a fine of not less than 72 PU and not more than 113 PU; and

                  (ii)         the court convicting the person must, in any event, order that the person be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence for a period of not less than the minimum period of disqualification that would apply if the offence were against section 64B(3) instead of this section;

            (c)         for a first offence, in any other case —

                  (i)         a fine of not less than 41 PU or more than 113 PU; and

                  (ii)         the court convicting the person must, in any event, order that the person be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence for a period of not less than 15 months;

            (d)         for a second offence —

                  (i)         a fine of not less than 95 PU or more than 158 PU or imprisonment for 9 months; and

                  (ii)         the court convicting the person must, in any event, order that the person be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence for a period of not less than 42 months;

            (e)         for a subsequent offence —

                  (i)         a fine of not less than 95 PU or more than 225 PU or imprisonment for 18 months; and

                  (ii)         the court convicting the person must, in any event, order that the person be permanently disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence.

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

        [Section 67AD inserted: No. 27 of 2020 s. 20.]


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