New Zealand Legislation: Acts

12 Persons not to drive while under influence of alcohol or drugs

• A person may not drive or attempt to drive a motor vehicle while under the influence of drink or a drug, or both, to such an extent as to be incapable of having proper control of the vehicle.

  Compare: 1962 No 135 s 58(1)(e); 1988 No 170 s 7

  Section 12 was amended, as from 22 June 2005, by section 10 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.