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ROAD SAFETY (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS) ACT 1970 - SECT 7 Consumption, &c., of intoxicating liquor in motor vehicles

ROAD SAFETY (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS) ACT 1970 - SECT 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 motor vehicle that is being used to operate a passenger transport service within the meaning of the Passenger Transport Services Act 2011 if there is a liquor permit in force under Division 3 of Part 2 of the Liquor Licensing Act 1990 in respect of that motor vehicle.
(4)  A person who contravenes any provision of this section is guilty of an offence.