Licence Cancelled for Driving With Both Alcohol and Banned Drugs, and Fines or Jail for Trading Parts of Impounded Cars
Traffic Legislation Amendment (Drink and Drug Driving and Hooning) Bill 2026
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criminal penalties drink driving driver licensing drug driving drug use hooning law enforcement police powers road safety road transport roads vehicle registration +7 more
Introduced by: The Hon Bill Yan MLA (CLP)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
It is a criminal offence to drive a motor vehicle with both a high range alcohol content and a prohibited drug in the body.
People found guilty of driving with both high alcohol and banned drugs will have their licence cancelled. First-time offenders are banned from getting a licence for at least 18 months. Repeat offenders are banned for at least 2 years, and may be banned for up to 8 years.
Drivers with a history of specific alcohol or drug offences can be banned from getting a licence for at least 5 years if they commit another offence within 3 years.
Police can impound a vehicle if they believe it was used for hooning or for a high-range drink driving offence by a repeat offender.
Impounded vehicles are held for a set time. This is 14 days for high-range drink driving, 48 hours for a first-time tier 1 hooning offence, and 7 days if the driver has one previous hooning offence.
People who sell, trade, or remove parts from a vehicle they know is being impounded can be fined or jailed for up to 12 months.
A traffic fine that is not withdrawn counts as a conviction when deciding if a later alcohol or drug driving offence is a first, second, or subsequent offence.