In May 2019, the New South Wales Government made changes to laws
which impact all drivers in New South Wales who commit the offence
of driving with a blood alcohol concentration which falls into the
low range category. Low range means a blood alcohol concentration
of 0.05 grams or more but less than 0.08 grams.
Change in Legislation
From 20 May 2019, if you commit the offence of low range drink
driving (with the offence being your first offence), the Police now
have the choice to: either issue you with a Court Attendance Notice
or issue you with a penalty notice and suspend your driver's
licence immediately for a period of three months. Currently, the
amount for the penalty notice that is issued is $572.00.
