19Special hardship orders

19 Special hardship orders

[Section 19 Substituted by No. 94 of 1975, s. 15 ]

(1)  [Section 19 Subsection (1) amended by No. 90 of 1999, Sched. 1, Applied:14 Aug 2000] *[Section 19 Subsection (1) amended by No. 96 of 1976, s. 15 ]**[Section 19 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 44 of 1991, s. 13 ]*Except as provided by this section, section 18 of the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 applies to the conviction of a person for an offence under this Act as it would apply if that offence were an offence under that Act.

(1A)  [Section 19 Subsection (1A) amended by No. 90 of 1999, Sched. 1, Applied:14 Aug 2000] *[Section 19 Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 44 of 1991, s. 13 ]*No order is to be made under section 18 of the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 in respect of a conviction for an offence under this Act if–

(a) [Section 19 Subsection (1A) amended by No. 68 of 1997, s. 10, Applied:01 Mar 1998] the offence was committed during any period of disqualification or within 3 years after the end of any period of disqualification imposed under this Act; or

(b) [Section 19 Subsection (1A) amended by No. 28 of 2005, s. 15, Applied:01 Feb 2006] [Section 19 Subsection (1A) amended by No. 28 of 2005, s. 15, Applied:01 Feb 2006] the offence was under section 6 where the offender had alcohol in his or her breath or blood of a concentration equal to or greater than 0·15 of a gram of alcohol in 210 litres of breath or equal to or greater than 0·15 of a gram of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood; or

(c) the offence was under section 4 ; or

(d) the offence was under section 14 (5) ; or

(e) [Section 19 Subsection (1A) amended by No. 90 of 1999, Sched. 1, Applied:14 Aug 2000] except in the case of an offence against , the offender was the holder of a learner licence or a provisional licence; or