Five-year wait expected
PA Wellington Five years will pass before alcohol-assessment centres feel the full effect of new drink-drive laws, says the medical director of the Wellington Alcohol and Drug Centre, Dr Geoff Robinson. In a report to the Wellington Hospital Board he said it was uncertain how many drivers would be referred to the centre for assessment under the Transport Amendment Act. Under the act, drivers convicted more than once in
five years of driving with excess blood-alcohol are disqualified from driving until they have been assessed and treated at a recognised alcohol-assess-ment centre. At the time of their second conviction, these drivers must pay a $l5O assessment fee which is forwarded to the assessment centre they attend. “Nobody is certain how many will front up for assessment,” Dr Robinson said. “The onus to do so is entirely on the offender.”
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Press, 4 February 1984, Page 7
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