Last Updated: 16 October 2023

[LAT 105] Zero alcohol limit105 

105
(1) No person who is a holder of a learner's permit, provisional licence, heavy goods vehicle driver's licence or public service vehicle driver's licence shall, whilst the concentration of alcohol in the blood of that person is more than 0.00 grams per 100 millilitres of blood, drive or attempt to drive—
  • (a)in the case of a holder of a learner's permit or provisional licence, any motor vehicle; or
  • (b)in the case of a holder of a heavy goods vehicle licence or public service vehicle licence, a heavy goods vehicle or a public service vehicle.
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to the prescribed penalty.
(3) Where a person is found guilty under this section and the person has no previous conviction for an offence under this section the court may, having regard to the circumstances of the case, discharge the person without conviction, or substitute any lesser penalty than that prescribed.