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Traffic Act 1987
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26 Driving instructor
(1) A driving instructor, when instructing another person how to drive a
motor vehicle, must not:
(a) drive a motor vehicle; or
(b) permit a person to drive a motor vehicle if the instructor is
occupying a passenger seat in the vehicle for the purpose of
instructing the person to drive the vehicle;
if the instructor's breath or blood contains alcohol.
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section 25(1) or (2) and only if the previous offence was
(fa) failing to comply with a direction from a police officer to pull
(g) a relevant offence (a previous relevant offence) only if the
previous relevant offence was committed within 3 years before
committing the relevant offence;
(h) an offence (a previous offence) committed before the
commencement of this section that would, if committed after
the commencement of this section, be a relevant offence (only
if the previous offence was committed after 1 July 2007 and
only if the previous offence was committed within 3 years
before committing the relevant offence).
(3) For subsection (2)(a)(iii), (f), (g) and (h) an offence for which an
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