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  • 1. Preparation in seeking an adjournment
  • 2. Preparation in disputing or seeking amended Police Facts Sheet
  • 3. Understanding relevant offences
  • 4. Understanding relevant penalties & sentences

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STEP 2: PRELIMINARY PREPARATION

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  • Preparation in seeking adjournment

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First you need to create a game plan and by this we mean that you need to go into Court on the first occasion with a strong reason why you should be granted the indulgence of standing your matter over for you to seek further time to do something which is usually in the interest of justice.

In Part 3 of this manual we will look at what you need to do and say at Court when seeking an adjournment. However, in this section we need to look at what you need to do by way of preparation before you even get to Court to seek an adjournment.

Section 40 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 states that a court may at any stage of criminal proceedings adjourn the proceedings generally, or to a specified day, if it appears to the court necessary or advisable to do so. In reality, adjournments of matters ‘generally’ are very rare. Matters are almost always adjourned to a specified date.

It will really come down to what the reason is for you wanting to seek an adjournment, lets go over some examples:

  • Seek legal advice – if you are seeking an adjournment so that you can speak with a lawyer and obtain some professional legal advice then you can simply advise the Court of this at your first Court mention. However, it is advisable that prior to your first Court mention that you at least touch base with a quality traffic lawyer, advise them of your charge and that you would like to make a time to meet with them to obtain some legal advice or representation. By doing this you will at least be able to advise the Court that you have spoken to a lawyer, set up a meeting and intend on seeking some professional legal advice in order to handle your matter in the most appropriate way. You can tell the Magistrate the name of the lawyer you have spoken to and request a period of time (2 to 6 weeks) to adjourn your matter. If you are able to go into the first Court mention at least having spoken with a lawyer then you will be armed with the sufficient information to advise the Court that you have already taken proactive action to engage a lawyer. With this type of prior preparation you will be more likely to obtain an adjournment for the purpose of getting legal advice as opposed to just turning up to Court and saying that you haven’t spoken to a lawyer yet but you plan on looking for a lawyer to get some advice. Courts are generally willing to offer a person the opportunity to obtain legal advice, especially if it is the first Court mention, but it is prudent to let the Court know that you have already taken some action in this respect.
  • Traffic offender or other intervention program – we will discuss the details of the Traffic Offender Program in more detail in Step # 4 of the NSW DUI Court Bible. However, if you intend on completing the Traffic Offender Program you will need to know that the course generally goes for a period of 6 weeks. So what that means is, if you wish to seek an adjournment to complete the Traffic Offender Program you really need to know when the Course starts and finishes so that when you appear at Court for your first mention you can advise the Magistrate of how long to adjourn your matter in order to successfully complete the program. You should contact the location that runs the Traffic Offender Program which is most convenient to you – please see the list of program locations in our Resources Section. Call them as soon as possible, tell them that you have be charged with your drink driving offence and that you are seeking to complete the Traffic Offender Program. They will advise you of when the next course starts and where you need to attend and what you need to do in order to successfully enrol in the program. Do everything you can to enrol in the program as soon as possible. This way you can advise the Court at your first mention that you have already spoken with and enrolled into the Traffic Offender Program and that it starts and finishes on the specific dates, and for this reason you respectfully seek an adjournment so that you are able to complete the Traffic Offender Program. The Courts generally hold Traffic Offender Program in high regards and are often very willing to allow you the opportunity to complete the program and subsequently offer you an appropriate adjournment period to do this. Court will generally allow 6 to 8 weeks for you to complete the program – depending on the finish date of the program.

Below we have included a copy of a Traffic Offenders Program Confirmation of Registration for which indicates that you have paid for the course and details the location as well as the start and finish dates for the course. It is a good idea to obtain a copy of this document at the time of registration as you can hand it up to the Magistrate at your first Court appearance and use it as evidence to seek an adjournment for you to complete the course before attending the Court for the final hearing.

 

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Example of A Traffic Offender Program Confirmation of Registration.

 

  • Seek medical treatment or assessment – we will discuss in Part # 4 the importance of obtaining an expert report for various kinds of conditions. However, if you are in the position where you think you may have a drinking problem or health issue that may be related to drinking alcohol then you may want to consider making an appointment with your local doctor or General Practitioner (GP). Generally, your local GP will be happy to give you a medical assessment and if necessary provide you with a referral to a psychologist, a psychiatrist or another medical professional to provide you with treatment and a report which you can tender to the Court to show that you are taking proactive steps to help rehabilitate yourself so that you do not re-offend. The Courts are understanding of defendants should they wish to seek professional help to curb their offending behaviour. Courts will generally allow 4 to 6 weeks for you to obtain professional medical advice.
  • Prepare your case – we discuss in various stages throughout the DUI manual how to go about preparing your Court case. When you attend the first Court mention you may not have had enough time to sufficiently prepare your case which you intend on presenting to the Court. You can certainly ask for an adjournment to arrange characters references, consult a the law or do your own research, prepare submissions and also as mentioned above see a doctor, complete the Traffic Offenders Program or obtain legal advice. Courts will generally offer you the opportunity to adjourn your matter so that you are able to sufficiently prepare a case to present to the Court before you are sentenced.
  • Written representations or negotiation – occasionally the Police get it wrong, whether it is the charge or the facts sheet. If this occurs and you wish to provide the Police with some written representations for the amendment or withdrawal of the charge or certain facts in the Police Facts Sheet then you should advise the Court of the issue and that you seek a period of adjournment to negotiate the matter further with the Police. Courts are generally willing to provide you with 6 weeks for this sort of negotiation to take place.

Depending on your situation, you may have a good reason in which to request that the Court provide you with an adjournment for a specified period of time. Your best bet is to be honest with the Court and wherever possible provide some evidence to show the Court the reason for you wanting to seek an adjournment. There are a whole range of different factors or reasons which might pop up and result in you seeking an adjournment. The Courts are in the business of providing you with justice so that your day in Court will be just and fair, however the Courts are also in the business of expediting matters in a fair and just manner. So basically whilst the Courts are willing to provide you with an adjournment on the first Court mention you need to provide good reason or evidence to show why an adjournment should be granted and for what period of time.

Seeking a second adjournment for your matter will not be given to you easily, you will need a very good reason and evidence to show why it should be granted.

A majority of drink driving matters will be granted an adjournment on the first Court mention for various reasons. You should not seek an adjournment just for the sake of getting one, rather you should have given it some thought and consideration as to why you should be granted an adjournment and then wherever possible provide evidence to the Court substantiating those reasons.

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  • Preparing for seeking amended Police Facts Sheet or charge negotiation

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In some circumstances a person may agree that they are Guilty of a particular charge but either disagree with the offence that they have been charged with or dispute the facts as they have been described in the Police Facts Sheet.

If you enter a plea of Guilty then this means that you admit to being guilty of the elements of the charge that has been laid against you. A plea of Guilty does not necessarily mean that you agree with the particulars in the Police Facts Sheet.

Generally, the Police Facts Sheet will consist of a large number of allegations and statements of fact that provide background and context to the incident which led to you being charged. Many of these facts do not specifically relate to the elements of the charge. In other words the Police include statements and allegations in the Police Facts Sheet which go to providing additional information to the Court about the incident.

  • Disagree with charge – You need to carefully assess both the charge that Police have laid on you and also the Police Facts Sheet.

If you disagree with the charge that the Police laid against you then you need to prepare some written representations, which is basically a letter to the Police outlining why you believe that the incorrect charge has been laid. This can sometimes require some technical legal advice so if you really do believe that you have been charged with the wrong offence they you should consult a quality traffic lawyer.

  • Disagree with facts – If, however, you agree with the charge that has been laid but you dispute the facts as they have been presented in the Police Facts Sheet then you should also write to the Police seeking that the disputed facts either be amended or removed altogether.

Often the Police Facts Sheet will include statements or allegations which are unfounded and which do not relate to the elements of the charge. For example, there may be an allegation that you were speeding before being pulled over and breath tested. Obviously, such allegations that you were speeding will only go to aggravating the offence of drink driving.

However, if you were not charged with speeding and it was only assumed by the Police that you were speeding then you should request that such unfounded and unproven allegation should be removed.

It is for this reason that you need to carefully go through the Police Facts Sheets prior to attending Court at the first mention. This way you will know whether or not you will need to seek an adjournment for the purpose of negotiating with Police or issuing them with written representations.

If you do intend on seeking an adjournment for the issuing written representations then you will want to make sure that you object to the Police Prosecutor in handing up a copy of the Police Facts Sheet before you have an opportunity to negotiate with the Police.

Ideally you will want to refrain from entering a plea of Guilty or Not Guilty until your concerns about the Police Facts Sheet have been addressed. Reason for this is that if you enter a plea of Guilty and then put written representations for the Police to amend the Police Facts Sheet, they are less likely to agree to any amendments since you have already entered a plea of Guilty and basically their job is done. However, if you mention in your written representations that you will enter a plea of Guilty on the elements that form the basis of the charge so long as certain disputed or prejudicial facts are removed then you basically create a bargaining platform to work with.

  • Written Representations – After you have decided what specific issues you have with the Police charge or the Police Facts Sheet you will need to prepare a letter to the arresting Police Officer or the Officer In Charge (OIC) outlining you issues and seeking that the Police amend the charge or the Facts Sheet.

If you are seeking that the Police amend the Police Facts Sheet then you should specify which particular statement should be removed and why.

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Example of a letter of Written Representations for a basic request to remove prejudicial facts.

You need to be organised and send these written representations off to Police as soon as you can. Police are known to be slow and sloppy with their paper work, so if you haven’t heard back from the Police within approximately 2 weeks then you should either call the station up and consider resending the letter.

It is important that you highlight the particular issue that you have with the Police Facts Sheet. It is a good idea to point out in the Police Facts Sheet which statements you believe are prejudicial and do not relate to the elements of the charge and that should be removed.

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Example of Amended Police Facts Sheet which is sent to Police seeking to be amended before being tendered to the Court.

If the Police decide to grant the amendments that you suggest in your written representations then they will generally send a letter of the following kind.

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Example of letter from Police agreeing to Police Facts Sheet Amendments.

Rejected written representations

If you do not have success in negotiating agreed facts with the Police the you need to decide on you two available option which include:

  • Admitting to the Police facts and continuing on with the normally course of the matter by pleading guilty; or
  • Raising a disputed facts hearing before the Court.

Admitting to the Police facts – if the issues and facts that you are in dispute with are not extremely critical to the over all scheme of issues surrounding the matter then there is probably no point in taking the disputed facts further. In other words if the disputed facts are not so important that they will change or alter the Magistrates decision on the charge or the result will come from the matter then it will probably not be significant enough in taking the disputed facts matter further

Disputed facts hearing – however, if you so strongly believe that the facts which are in dispute DO go to creating a great amount of prejudice which in your view will significantly change the outcome of the matter then you can raise a disputed facts hearing before the Magistrate. A dispute facts hearing can be a hard and complex procedure and it is generally recommended that you obtain the services of an experience traffic lawyer to carry out such functions. In many ways a disputed facts hearing can be similar to a defended hearing where many legal complexities and procedures exist.

If your written representation on amending the police facts are rejected then so long as the issues are not so significant that they would completely change the outcome of the matter then you should probably continue on with the matter and no that you at very least tried to have them removed.

If you do continue and the disputed facts do remain in the police facts sheet then you may want to raise this matter at the outset of your Court matter by saying:

“Your honour unfortunately there was some dispute over the issue/s of __________ in the facts sheet. I submitted written representations over this issue but they were rejected by the Police. I do not wish to pursue the matter further in order to save the Courts time and that the issues are probably not significant in the over all scheme of the matter but I would just like to let the Court know that I do not agree with ____________ (issues). That being said I move on……”


If you do insist on taking the matter further and disputed the facts before the Court then we would recommend obtaining the services of a quality traffic lawyers.

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  • Understanding relevant offences & legislation

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The legislation in New South Wales provides for many different traffic laws, which directly relate to offences of drink driving. The most common drink driving offences are either low range, middle range or high range PCA, however there are a number of other common drink driving offences that can be laid in certain circumstances. Generally speaking the higher the blood alcohol reading is the more serious the nature of the offence, however there are some offences which can arise from less common actions taken by a drink driver such as refuse a breath test or wilfully altering a blood alcohol reading. Below we will briefly summarise the main types of drink driving offences that the NSW Police have at their disposal.

Offences relating to a Prescribed Concentration of Alcohol (PCA)

Legislation for NSW PCA Offences come under ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 2013 – SECT 110

An offence which relates to a specific range of PCA carries with it a common factual element which includes:

“A driver must not, while there is present in his or her breath or blood – a specific range – of prescribed concentration of alcohol.”

When we identify what that – specific range – is we need to look at the type of offence that you have been charged with. The type of PCA offence will be determined through the type of driver’s licence that the offender holds and also the level of blood alcohol that is in the offender’s breath or blood. Obviously the greater the amount of alcohol in your system the more serious the charge is going to be.

Below we will briefly outline the elements that need to be proven by the Police in order to successfully charge someone with a PCA offence.

Novice Range PCA

The specific law reads as follows from the Road Transport Act Act 2013:

            “Section 110 (1) – Offence-novice range prescribed concentration of alcohol:

            A novice driver must not, while there is present in his or her breath or blood the novice range prescribed concentration of alcohol:

            (a)        drive the motor vehicle, or

            (b)        occupy the driving seat of the motor vehicle and attempt to put the motor vehicle in motion.”

Novice range PCA is a drink driving charge that is issued on a person when they deliver a Blood Alcohol Concentration of above 0.00 but below 0.020 (0.00 to 0.019). Any person who is subject to a 0.00 alcohol limit while driving may be charged with a novice range PCA offence.

Generally speaking, the novice range PCA offence will usually be applied to a driver who has some type of special licence such as a P1 licence or a P2 licence. If a person is driving without a licence due to suspension or disqualification then they are also subjected to the novice range PCA limit.

Special Range PCA

The specific law reads as follows from the Road Transport Act 2013:

            “Section 110 (2) – Offence-special range prescribed concentration of alcohol:

            A person must not, while there is present in his or her breath or blood the special range prescribed concentration of alcohol:

            (a)        if the person is a special category driver in respect of a motor vehicle drive the motor vehicle, or

            (b)        if the person is a special category driver in respect of a motor vehicle occupy the driving seat of a motor vehicle and    attempt to put the motor vehicle in motion, or

            (c)        if the person is a special category supervisor in respect of a motor vehicle and the holder of a driver licence (other than a provisional licence or a learner licence) – occupy the seat in a motor vehicle next to a learner driver who is driving the vehicle.

Special range PCA is a drink driving charge that is issued on a person when they deliver a Blood Alcohol Concentration of 0.020 or higher but below 0.050 (0.020 to 0.049). Any person who is subject to a 0.00 alcohol limit or special alcohol limit while driving may be charged with a special range PCA charge.

Generally speaking, the special range PCA offence will usually be applied to a driver who has some type of special licence such as a P1 licence or a P2 licence. The special range limit will also apply to bus drivers and taxi drivers whilst they are in operation of their work vehicle.

Low Range PCA

The specific law reads as follows from the Road Transport Act 2013:

            “Section 110 (3) – Offence-low range prescribed concentration of alcohol:

            A person must not, while there is present in his or her breath or blood the low range prescribed concentration of alcohol:

            (a)        drive a motor vehicle, or

            (b)        occupy the driving seat of a motor vehicle and attempt to put the motor vehicle in motion, or

            (c)        if the person is the holder of a driver licence (other than a provisional licence or a learner licence)-occupy the seat in a motor vehicle next to a learner driver who is driving the vehicle.”

Low range PCA is a drink driving charge that is issued on a person when they deliver a Blood Alcohol Concentration of 0.050 or higher but below 0.080 (0.050 to 0.079).

Middle Range PCA

The specific law reads as follows from the Road Transport Act 2013:

            “Section 110 (4) – Offence-middle range prescribed concentration of alcohol:

            A person must not, while there is present in his or her breath or blood the middle range prescribed concentration of alcohol:

            (a)        drive a motor vehicle, or

            (b)        occupy the driving seat of a motor vehicle and attempt to put the motor vehicle in motion, or

            (c)        if the person is the holder of a driver licence (other than a provisional licence or a learner licence)-occupy the seat in a motor vehicle next to a learner driver who is driving the vehicle.”

Middle range PCA is a drink driving charge that is issued on a person when they deliver a Blood Alcohol Concentration of 0.080 or higher but below 0.150 (0.080 to 0.149).

High Range PCA

The specific law reads as follows from the Road Transport Act 2013:

            “Section 110 (5) – Offence-high range prescribed concentration of alcohol:

            A person must not, while there is present in his or her breath or blood the high range prescribed concentration of alcohol:

            (a)        drive a motor vehicle, or

            (b)        occupy the driving seat of a motor vehicle and attempt to put the motor vehicle in motion, or

            (c)        if the person is the holder of a driver licence (other than a provisional licence or a learner licence)-occupy the seat in a motor vehicle next to a learner driver who is driving the vehicle.”

High range PCA is a drink driving charge that is issued on a person when they deliver a Blood Alcohol Concentration over the 0.150 blood alcohol limit.

Other less common drink driving related offences include

These are other common drink driving related offences which are not categorized under a specified blood alcohol range.

Driving Under the Influence (DUI)

Use or attempted use of a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or any other drug:

The specific law reads as follows from the Road Transport Act 2013:

“Section 112 – Use or attempted use of a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or any other drug:

            (1)        A person must not, while under the influence of alcohol or any other drug:

                        (a)        drive a vehicle, or

                        (b)        occupy the driving seat of a vehicle and attempt to put the vehicle in motion, or

                        (c)        being the holder of a driver licence (other than a provisional licence or a learner licence), occupy the seat in or on a motor vehicle next to a holder of a learner licence who is driving the motor vehicle.

            (2)        If a person is charged with an offence under subsection (1):

                        (a)        the information may allege the person was under the influence of more than one drug and is not liable to be dismissed on the ground of uncertainty or duplicity if each of those drugs is described in the                                               information, and

                        (b)        the offence is proved if the court is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant was under the influence of:

                                    (i)         a drug described in the information, or

                                    (ii)        a combination of drugs any one or more of which was or were described in the information.”

The offence of driving under the influence differs from an offence of driving with PCA because it is generally proven through the observations of police or witnesses. Other surrounding circumstances and factors are taken in to account such as the person’s breath smelling of intoxicating alcohol, glazed or red eyes, slurred speech, swaying or unsteady on feet, or being involved in car accident.

When the police lack the evidence of being able to produce evidence of a blood alcohol concentration result they will often rely upon this section of the law to charge a person for driving a motor vehicle whilst being intoxicated by alcohol. Instead of providing scientific evidence (breath analysis results) police will rely upon police and witness observations to try and prove their case against you in court.

Refuse Breath Test

(Schedule 3, Division 6, Section 16 of Road Transport Act 2013)

The specific law reads as follows:

            “Section 16 (1) A person must not, when required to do so by a police officer under this Part, refuse or fail: (a) to submit to a breath test under Division 2 in accordance with the officer’s directions”

The offence of refusing a breath test comes about whether the driver of a motor vehicle refuses or fails to provide a sample of breath to the police when directed to do so. Generally, this offence will occur when a driver refuses or fails a road side breath test which occurs prior to police conducting a breath analysis.

Refuse Breath Analysis

(Schedule 3, Division 6, Section 16 of Road Transport Act 2013)

The specific law reads as follows:

            “Section 16 (1) A person must not, when required to do so by a police officer under this Part, refuse or fail: (b) to submit to a breath analysis under Division 2 in accordance with the officer’s directions”

This offence is more serious that refusing a breath test. It is committed by a person who is the driver of a motor vehicle and refuses or fails to provide a sufficient breath sample by way of a breath analysis. Generally, you will be offered 3 attempts to provide a sufficient sample and failure or refusal will result in this charge being issued. You are required to follow police directions to provide such a sample and it cannot be used as a defence to say that you wish to first seek legal advice.

Wilfully Alter Blood Concentration 

(Schedule 3, Division 6, Section 18 of Road Transport Act 2013)

The specific law reads as follows:

“(1) A person (other than a secondary participant in an accident) must not wilfully do anything:

(a) to alter the concentration of alcohol in the person’s breath or blood between the time of the event referred to in clause 3 (1) (a), (b) or (c) in respect of which the person has been required by a police officer to submit to a breath test under Division 2 and the time when the person submits to that test, or

(b) to alter the concentration of alcohol in the person’s breath or blood between the time of the event referred to in clause 3 (1) (a), (b) or (c) in respect of which the person has been required by a police officer to submit to a breath test under Division 2 and the time when the person submits to a breath analysis under that Division, or

(e) in the case of an accident involving the person-to alter the concentration of alcohol in the person’s blood (except at the direction or under the supervision of an appropriate health professional) between the time of the accident concerned and the taking of a sample of the person’s blood in accordance with Division 4.”

When a person purposely consumes a substance in order to alter the level of blood alcohol in their breath or blood between the time of the event of driving and the time in which they are tested. For example a person would be charged under this law if they were involved in a car crash and during the time they were waiting for the police to arrive they wilfully consumed more alcohol.

It is a law which has been put in place to prevent people from saying that at the time of the car crash they were sober and decided to consume alcohol after the crash when they were driving the vehicle.

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Drink driving/DUI penalties in NSW – First major offence within 5 years

Offence
Maximum Fine
Maximum Jail
Automatic Disqualification
Minimum Disqualification
Novice Range PCA $1,100 Nil 6 months 3 months
Special Range PCA $1,100 Nil 6 months 3 months
Low Range PCA $1,100 Nil 6 months 3 months
Middle Range PCA  $2,200 9 months 12 months 6 months
High Range PCA $3,300 18 months 3 years 12 months
Driving Under the Influence (DUI)  $2,200 9 months 12 months 6 months
Wilfully Alter Blood Concentration $3,300 18 months 3 years 12 months
Refuse Breath Analysis $3,300 18 months 3 years 12 months
Refuse Breath Test $1,100 Nil 6 months Nil

 

Drink driving/DUI penalties in NSW – Second or subsequent major offence within 5 years

Offence
Maximum Fine
Maximum Jail
Automatic Disqualification
Minimum Disqualification
Novice Range PCA $2,200 Nil 12 months 3 months
Special Range PCA $2,200 Nil 12 months 3 months
Low Range PCA $2,200 Nil 12 months 3 months
Middle Range PCA  $3,300 12 months 3 years 6 months
High Range PCA $5,500 2 years 5 years 12 months
Driving Under the Influence (DUI)  $3,300 12 months 3 years 6 months
Wilfully Alter Blood Concentration $5,500 2 years 5 years 12 months
Refuse Breath Analysis $5,500 2 years 5 years 12 months
Refuse Breath Test $1,100 Nil No specific2nd or subsequent

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LEGAL DISCLAIMER: The information provided in the “NSW DUI Court Bible” is NOT legal advice and we do not hold ourselves out to be offering legal advice. We have no claim that this information should be taken as legal advice in replacement of seeking out the services of a legal practitioner.