New Zealand Legislation: Acts

11 Drivers not to exceed specified alcohol limits

• A person may not drive or attempt to drive a motor vehicle while—

  • (a) the proportion of alcohol in the person's breath, as ascertained by an evidential breath test subsequently undergone by the person under section 69, exceeds 400 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath; or

  • (b) the proportion of alcohol in the person's blood, as ascertained from an analysis of a blood specimen subsequently taken from the person under section 72 or section 73, exceeds 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood; or

  • (c) if the person is younger than 20,—

    • (i) the proportion of alcohol in the person's breath, as ascertained by an evidential breath test subsequently undergone by the person under section 69, exceeds 150 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath; or

    • (ii) the proportion of alcohol in the person's blood, as ascertained from an analysis of a blood specimen subsequently taken from the person under section 72 or section 73, exceeds 30 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood.

  Compare: 1962 No 135 ss 55(2)(b), (c), 58(1)(a), (c), (f),(g)

  Section 11 was amended, as from 22 June 2005, by section 9 Land Transport Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 77) by omitting the words “on a road”. See sections 96 to 100 of that Act as to the transitional and savings provisions.