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TASMANIA
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ROAD SAFETY (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS)
AMENDMENT BILL 2009
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 6A amended (Driving with prescribed illicit drug in
blood)
5. Section 17 amended (Penalties for drink-driving offences, &c.)
6. Repeal of Act
[Bill 99]-II
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ROAD SAFETY (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS)
AMENDMENT BILL 2009
(Brought in by the Minister for Police and Emergency
Management, the Honourable James Glennister Cox)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Act
1970
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Road Safety
(Alcohol and Drugs) Amendment Act 2009.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on a day to be proclaimed.
3. Principal Act
In this Act, the Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs)
Act 1970* is referred to as the Principal Act.
*No. 77 of 1970
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4. Section 6A amended (Driving with prescribed illicit
drug in blood)
Section 6A of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by omitting the penalty from subsection
(1);
(b) by omitting subsections (3) and (4).
5. Section 17 amended (Penalties for drink-driving
offences, &c.)
Section 17 of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by omitting from subsection (1)(b)
"section 4, 6 or 14(5)" and substituting
"section 4, section 6, section 6A(1) or
section 14(5)";
(b) by inserting in the first table in
subsection (5) after
Section 4 or Minimum 5 penalty units Minimum 12 12 months
14 (5) or Maximum 30 penalty months
failure to units Maximum
comply with a 36 months
requirement
made under
section 10 (4)
or 10A (1)
the following item:
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Section 6A(1) Not applicable Minimum 2 penalty units Minimum 3 3 months
Maximum 10 penalty months
units Maximum
12 months
(c) by inserting in the second table in
subsection (5) after
Section 4 or Minimum 10 penalty Minimum 24 24 months
14 (5) or units months
failure to Maximum 60 penalty Maximum
comply with a units 72 months
requirement
made under
section 10 (4)
or 10A (1)
the following item:
Section 6A(1) Not applicable Minimum 4 penalty units Minimum 6 6 months
Maximum 20 penalty months
units Maximum
24 months
6. Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on the ninetieth day from
the day on which it commences.
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