Tautau v Ministry of Transport - [1991] 2 NZLR 204

Transport and transport licensing — Offences — Breath and blood alcohol prosecutions — Charge of refusing to permit a specimen of blood to be taken — Whether request for breath test involved an inadvertent abuse of power — Whether apprehending traffic officer had "good cause to suspect" - Transport Act 1962, ss 58C, 58E(1)(a) and 68D(2)(b)(i).

Transport and transport licensing — Offences — Breath and blood alcohol prosecutions — Charge of refusing to permit a specimen of blood to be taken — Sentence — Whether s 30A of the Transport Act 1962, is subject to s 30AC of the Act — Interpretation of statute — Examination and relevance of "Policy Considerations" and parliamentary material — Transport Act 1962, ss 30A and 30AC.