Version Superseded: 16/07/2008
Point in time view as at 01/03/2007. This version of this provision has been superseded.
The Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, Section 14 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 10 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
14.—(1) If a person causes the death of, or grievous bodily injury to, another person by driving a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road or other public place without due care and attention, or without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road or place, and—
(a)he is, at the time when he is driving, unfit to drive through drink or drugs; or
(b)he has consumed so much alcohol that the proportion of it in his breath, blood or urine at that time exceeds the prescribed limit; or
(c)he is, within 18 hours after that time, required to provide a specimen in pursuance of Article 18, but without reasonable excuse fails to provide it,
he is guilty of an offence.
(2) For the purposes of this Article a person shall be taken to be unfit to drive at any time when his ability to drive properly is impaired.
(3) Paragraph (1)(b) and (c) shall not apply in relation to a person driving a mechanically propelled vehicle other than a motor vehicle.
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