31 Aug 2022
KEREHOMA v POLICE [2022] NZHC 2212
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 2212
- Court
- High Court
Appellant qualified for mandatory alcohol interlock sentences under s 65AB and s 65AC for the qualifying excess alcohol offences; those interlock sentences replace indefinite disqualification required by s 65(2)/(4) and s 56; the District Court erred by not imposing interlock sentences and by imposing disqualification orders that should be quashed or adjusted; s 65AH(3) permits the court to decline disqualification for offences concurrent with qualifying offences but does not apply to non‑concurrent offending, which requires its own disqualification period; on re-sentencing concurrent interlo…
- Driving with excess alcohol
- Driving while disqualified
- Alcohol interlock sentencing
- Driver disqualification periods
- Interpretation of land transport act 1998