30 Jun 2020
Section 65AC is the sole statutory power to order an alcohol interlock sentence and it applies only where the specific qualifying criteria in s65AB are satisfied; the court therefore cannot lawfully impose an alcohol interlock sentence in place of mandatory disqualification where those criteria are not met, so the appeal is dismissed.
30 Jul 2019
Because the respondent acknowledged entitlement to Scale 2B costs and the applicant had initially miscalculated the hearing time, the appropriate costs award was Scale 2B reduced to $7,024.50, which the Court orders paid to the applicant.
13 Feb 2019
Sentencing proceeded on a shared factual mistake about availability of a local interlock service centre; no statutory exception to the mandatory interlock sentence applied once the factual error was corrected, so the indefinite disqualification was wrongly imposed and must be quashed and replaced by an alcohol interlock sentence under s 65AC LTA 1998; s85 LTA 1998 permits directing that the 28‑day disqualification period commence 28 days before judgment so the period is treated as already served.