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New Zealand Case Law

Breath screening
  • 6 May 2019

    KUMAR v NZ POLICE [2019] NZHC 968

    Citation
    [2019] NZHC 968
    Court
    High Court

    The appeal is dismissed: the Land Transport Act 1998 is not a code that revoked the common law implied licence; the trial judge's credibility findings that the constable was invited in and not a trespasser were open on the evidence; a constable lawfully on the premises may require a breath screening test under s 68 LTA; no miscarriage of justice occurred.

    • Breath screening
    • Implied licence to enter private property
    • Land transport act 1998 s68 and s119
    • Credibility findings on appeal
    • Statutory interpretation (code vs common law)