7Consumption, &c., of intoxicating liquor in motor vehicles

7 Consumption, &c., of intoxicating liquor in motor vehicles

(1)  No person shall drive a motor vehicle while he is consuming intoxicating liquor.

(2)  No person shall drive a motor vehicle while any person in the vehicle is, to his knowledge, consuming intoxicating liquor.

(3)  No person shall, in a motor vehicle that is in motion, consume any intoxicating liquor.

(3A)  [Section 7 Subsection (3A) amended by No. 60 of 2011, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2013] [Section 7 Subsection (3A) amended by No. 60 of 2011, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2013] [Section 7 Subsection (3A) amended by No. 28 of 2005, s. 8, Applied:01 Feb 2006] [Section 7 Subsection (3A) inserted by No. 71 of 2000, s. 4, Applied:14 Nov 2000] Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to a person in a motor vehicle that is being used to operate a passenger transport service within the meaning of the Passenger Transport Services Act 2011 if there is a liquor permit in force under Division 3 of Part 2 of the Liquor Licensing Act 1990 in respect of that motor vehicle.

(4)  *[Section 7 Subsection (4) amended by No. 94 of 1975, s. 6 ]*A person who contravenes any provision of this section is guilty of an offence.