Cooper v Ministry of Transport - [1991] 2 NZLR 693

Transport and transport licensing — Offences — Driving without a licence — Driving with excess breath alcohol — Accused permitted unlicensed driver to drive his vehicle knowing she had no licence and had consumed some alcohol — Whether accused could be convicted of aiding and abetting driver — Meaning of "aid" and "abet" - Mental element — Whether necessary to have actual knowledge of the offence committed — Whether necessary to have knowledge of precise percentage of breath or blood-alcohol concentration — Transport Act 1962, s 58(1)(b), Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Act 1986, s 37, Crimes Act 1961, s 66(1).