First offence Mandatory $1,000 fine Second offence Mandatory 30 days imprisonment Third and subsequent offences Mandatory 120 days imprisonment First offence 10 years imprisonment Second offence 10 years imprisonment Third and subsequent offences 10 years imprisonment Impaired driving causing bodily harm or death - Mandatory minimum penalties ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING Police officers must suspect that any lawfully stopped driver has alcohol in their body. First offence $1,000 fine Police officers can require any lawfully-stopped driver to provide a preliminary breath sample, without suspicion of alcohol. What doesn’t change is police powers - all drivers must be treated fairly under the law. CURRENT LAWS PROPOSED LEGISLATION Roadside alcohol screening Impaired driving causing no bodily harm or death - Mandatory minimum penalties First offence + BAC of 80-119mg Mandatory $1,000 fine (no change) Second offence Imprisonment for 30 days First offence + BAC of 120-159mg Mandatory $1,500 fine (no change) Third and subsequent offences Imprisonment for 120 days First offence + BAC of 160mg or more 18 months on summary conviction 2 years less a day on summary conviction 5 years on indictment 10 years on indictment Mandatory $2,000 fine First offence + refusal to be tested Mandatory $2,000 fine Second offence Mandatory imprisonment for 30 days (no change from current law) Third and subsequent offences Mandatory imprisonment for 120 days (no change from current law) Impaired driving causing no bodily harm or death - Maximum sentences There will be no mandatory minimum penalties for drivers convicted of impaired driving involving bodily harm. Impaired driving causing bodily harm - Maximum penalties Impaired driving causing death - Maximum sentence First offence 3 months Second offence 6 months Third and subsequent offences 12 months First offence No wait Second offence 3 months Third and subsequent offences 6 months Wait time for provincial ignition interlock program 2 years less a day (summary conviction) Life imprisonment Life imprisonment (no change from current law) 14 years (indictment) POLICE ASSOCIATION OF NOVA SCOTIA 109
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTM0NTk1OA==