Jervis Bay Territory Marine Safety Ordinance 2016
63Defence for offence relating to youth range prescribed concentration of alcohol
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63 Defence for offence relating to youth range prescribed concentration of alcohol
It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against section 56 if the defendant proves that, at the time the defendant was operating the vessel, or supervising a juvenile operator of the vessel, the presence in the defendant’s breath or blood of the youth range prescribed concentration of alcohol was not caused (in whole or in part) by either of the following: (a) the consumption of an alcoholic beverage (otherwise than for the purposes of religious observance); (b) the consumption or use of any other substance (for example, food or medicine) for the purpose of consuming alcohol.