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THE MOTOR TRAFFIC (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS) (AMENDMENT) BILL (NO 3) 1993 WILL CHANGE THE EXISTING "EXPERIENCED DRIVER" PROVISION IN THE MOTOR TRAFFIC (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS) ACT 1977 BY REMOVING LEARNER LICENCE EXPERIENCE FROM THE DEFINITION. AN EXPERIENCED DRIVER WILL NOW BE A DRIVER WHO HAS HELD A PROVISIONAL LICENCE FOR A PERIOD OF, OR PERIODS TOTALLING, THREE YEARS.

FURTHER AMENDMENTS ESTABLISH THE "PRESCRIBED CONCENTRATION" OF BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL FOR LEARNER, PROVISIONAL, AND-PROBATIONARY DRIVERS AT.02 GRAMS PER 100 MILLILITRES OF BLOOD.

IN ADDITION, PROVISION HAS BEEN MADE FOR AN OFFENCE OF DRIVING WITH A BLOOK ALCOHOL LEVEL OF BETWEEN .05 AND.08 GRAMS PER 100 MILLILITRES OF BLOOK WHICH WILL BE ADDRESSED WITH A TRAFFIC INFRINGEMENT NOTICE, AND ATTRACT, AS WELL AS A MONETA#tY FINE, 6 DEMERIT POINTS ON THE OFFENDERS LICENCE.

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