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ROAD SAFETY (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS) ACT 1970 - SECT 7

7. Consumption, &c., of intoxicating liquor in motor vehicles

      (1) No person shall drive a motor vehicle while he is consuming intoxicating liquor.

      (2) No person shall drive a motor vehicle while any person in the vehicle is, to his knowledge, consuming intoxicating liquor.

      (3) No person shall, in a motor vehicle that is in motion, consume any intoxicating liquor.

      (3A) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to a person in a public passenger vehicle as defined in the Passenger Transport Act 1997 if there is a liquor permit in force under Division 3 of Part 2 of the Liquor Licensing Act 1990 in respect of that public passenger vehicle.

      (4) A person who contravenes any provision of this section is guilty of an offence.



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