18BImmediate disqualification in certain circumstances

18B Immediate disqualification in certain circumstances

[Section 18B Inserted by No. 68 of 2007, s. 12, Applied:19 Dec 2007]

(1)  [Section 18B Subsection (1) amended by No. 38 of 2017, s. 33, Applied:03 Dec 2018] If a police officer forms a belief on reasonable grounds that a person has –

(aa) [Section 18B Subsection (1) amended by No. 38 of 2017, s. 33, Applied:03 Dec 2018] committed an offence under section 4; or

(a) committed an offence under section 6 where it is alleged that the concentration of alcohol in the person's blood or breath (as the case requires) was –

(i) if the person holds a full licence or a foreign driver licence –

(A) 0.15 grams or more per 100 millilitres of blood; or

(B) 0.15 grams or more per 210 litres of breath; or

(ii) if the person does not hold a full licence or a foreign driver licence or holds a learner licence or provisional licence –

(A) 0.07 grams or more per 100 millilitres of blood; or

(B) 0.07 grams or more per 210 litres of breath; or

(b) committed an offence that would be a subsequent offence within the meaning of section 17(1)(b) if the person were convicted; or

(c) [Section 18B Subsection (1) amended by No. 38 of 2017, s. 33, Applied:03 Dec 2018] [Section 18B Subsection (1) amended by No. 38 of 2017, s. 33, Applied:03 Dec 2018] failed or refused to submit to a breath analysis, oral fluid analysis or to the taking of a sample of blood for analysis –

an approved operator may, as soon as practicable after that belief has been formed, issue a notice in the name of the person, known as a road safety disqualification notice.