MOTOR TRAFFIC (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS)  (No 58 of 1993)

- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1.   This Act may be cited as the Motor Traffic (Alcohol and Drugs)  (Amendment) Act (No. 3) 1993.  
2.   (1)  Section 1 and this section commence on the day on which this Act is notified in the Gazette.  
3.   In this Act, "Principal Act" means the Motor Traffic (Alcohol and Drugs)  Act 1977.1  
4.   Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended--  
5.   Section 26A of the Principal Act is amended--  
6.   Section 32 of the Principal Act is amended--  
7.   Section 35 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (3) all the words after "refund of" and substituting "the fee or any part of the fee paid on the grant of the licence".  
8.   Section 40 of the Principal Act is amended--  

MOTOR TRAFFIC (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS)
- LONG TITLE
An Act to amend the Motor Traffic
(Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1977
 Short title

MOTOR TRAFFIC (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS)
- SECT 1
1.  This Act may be cited as the Motor Traffic (Alcohol and Drugs)  (Amendment) Act (No. 3) 1993.
 Commencement

MOTOR TRAFFIC (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS)
- SECT 2
2.  (1)  Section 1 and this section commence on the day on which this Act is notified in the Gazette.
(2)  The remaining provisions commence on the day on which the
Motor Traffic (Amendment) Act (No. 2) 1993 (other than sections 1 and 2)
commences.
 Principal Act

MOTOR TRAFFIC (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS)
- SECT 3
3.  In this Act, "Principal Act" means the Motor Traffic (Alcohol and Drugs)  Act 1977.1
 Interpretation

MOTOR TRAFFIC (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS)
- SECT 4
4.  Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended--
         (a)     by omitting "granted under section 10 of" from the
definition of "experienced driver" in subsection (1) and
substituting ", other than a learner licence, granted
under";
         (b)     by omitting paragraphs (a) and (b) from the definition of
"prescribed concentration" in subsection (1) and substituting the
following paragraphs:
     "(a)     in the case of a person who holds a learner, provisional,
probationary or special licence--.02 grams of alcohol per 100
millilitres of blood;
         (b)     in the case of any other driver of--
               (i)     a heavy motor vehicle;
               (ii)     a dangerous goods vehicle;
               (iii)     a Commonwealth vehicle;
               (iv)     a public motor vehicle; or
               (v)     a private hire car;
          .02 grams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood; or";
and
     (c)     by inserting in subsection (1) the following
definition:
" 'Commonwealth vehicle' means a motor
vehicle--
         (a)     that is owned by the Commonwealth; and
         (b)     the number plate of which displays a sequence of characters that
commences with 'C*';".
 Traffic infringement notice

MOTOR TRAFFIC (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS)
- SECT 5
5.  Section 26A of the Principal Act is amended--
     (a)     by omitting paragraph (b); and
     (b)     by omitting all the words after paragraph (d) and substituting
the following:
          "sections 180A and 180NB of the Motor Traffic Act 1936 apply
to that offence as if--
         (e)      that offence were a prescribed offence for the purposes of each of
those sections;
         (f)     the prescribed penalty for that offence for the purposes of section
180A were the penalty prescribed by the Motor Traffic Regulations; and
         (g)     the prescribed number of demerit points for that offence for the
purposes of section 180NB were the number of demerit points prescribed by the
Motor Traffic Regulations.".
 Cancellation and disqualification--previous offenders

MOTOR TRAFFIC (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS)
- SECT 6
6.  Section 32 of the Principal Act is amended--
     (a)     by omitting paragraph (6) (c); and
     (b)     by omitting from paragraph (6) (e) "(b)" and
substituting "(d)".
 Requirements to be complied with where licence suspended or cancelled

MOTOR TRAFFIC (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS)
- SECT 7
7.  Section 35 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (3) all the words after "refund of" and substituting "the fee or any part of the fee paid on the grant of the licence".
 Restoration of cancelled licences

MOTOR TRAFFIC (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS)
- SECT 8
8.  Section 40 of the Principal Act is amended--
     (a)     by omitting from subsection (1) "driving" (last
occurring) and substituting "probationary"; and
     (b)     by omitting from subparagraph (3) (b) (v), paragraph (4) (a)
and subsections (5), (6) and (8) "driving" and substituting
"probationary".

MOTOR TRAFFIC (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS)
- NOTES
NOTE

1.    Reprinted as at 30 September 1991.  See also Act No. 63, 1992; Nos. 22
and 50, 1993.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 17 June
1993]

(c)  Australian Capital Territory
2003

MOTOR TRAFFIC (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS)
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AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

(Amendment) Act (No. 3)
1993
No. 58 of 1993
    
    [Notified in ACT Gazette S172:  6 Sepember 1993]