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Land Transport Act 1998

Mitigation of penalties and rights of appeal - Removal of disqualifications

100C: Court may impose alcohol interlock sentence if exception no longer applies

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“Court can change driving ban to alcohol testing device if special reason ends”

If you were disqualified from having a driver’s licence because of a special reason, but that reason no longer applies, you can ask the court for an alcohol interlock sentence. An alcohol interlock is a device that stops a car from starting if the driver has been drinking alcohol.

If you ask for this, the court can decide to cancel your disqualification. If they do cancel it, they must give you an alcohol interlock sentence instead.

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Part 8 Mitigation of penalties and rights of appeal
Removal of disqualifications

100CCourt may impose alcohol interlock sentence if exception no longer applies

  1. A person may apply to a court seeking an alcohol interlock sentence if—

  2. an exception described in section 65AB(2) applied to the person and therefore the person was disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver licence in accordance with section 65AI; but
    1. the exception no longer applies.

      1. The court may cancel the person’s disqualification, and if it does so, the court must impose an alcohol interlock sentence.

      Notes
      • Section 100C: inserted, on , by section 34 of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 34).