8 Sept 2016
DO v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2016] NZCA 420
- Citation
- [2016] NZAR 1354
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Section 65B did not operate retrospectively because it did not alter the legal character or consequences of the 2011 offence, and the mandatory zero alcohol licence order did not constitute double punishment for the earlier offence; therefore leave was granted and the appeal dismissed.
- Sentencing
- Zero alcohol licence
- Retrospectivity
- Double jeopardy
- Statutory interpretation
- Land transport act 1998 s 65b