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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 8 Hansard (27 June) . . Page.. 2515 ..

MOTOR TRAFFIC (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1996

The Motor Traffic (Alcohol and Drugs) (Amendment) Bill will make an amendment to the definition of a Commonwealth vehicle consequential to the amendment in the Motor Traffic (Amendment) Bill 1996.

The Motor Traffic (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1977 establishes the upper limit for blood alcohol concentrations permitted for drivers of prescribed vehicles. These vehicles include taxis, buses and private hire cars, heavy and dangerous goods vehicles and Commonwealth vehicles. Drivers of these vehicles are limited to blood alcohol concentrations not exceeding 0.02.

This amendment will maintain consistency between the Motor Traffic Act 1936 and this Act, and removes a now outdated definition of Commonwealth vehicle.

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