Police News

• Again it has been a good week on Norfolk with nothing major to report from the police
• I would like to remind the community to slow down around the school from Monday to Friday from 8am until 3.30pm. The speed limit is 30 kph, please keep the kids safe
• Another reminder to everyone that roadside drug testing is coming to Norfolk Island and that in the near future you may be pulled over or directed to stop and then subjected to a roadside drug swab
• These drug tests take a little longer than the roadside alcohol tests so be prepared to have to wait for a short time
• If you are on a prescription for medicinal marijuana please remember that while under the influence you are not permitted to drive a motor vehicle or ride a motorcycle on the road. The fact that you may have a prescription does not allow you to drive under the influence, please make smart, informed decisions

This week’s piece of Norfolk Island traffic legislation:

Suspension following refusal to submit to test

44L. If a person who holds a licence refuses to:

(a) undergo a breath analysis, or have a blood sample taken, as required or directed under subsection 32(3); or

(b) submit to a breath test or saliva test as required under subsection 32A(1); or

(c) undergo a saliva analysis as required under subsection 32C(1); or

(d) have a blood sample taken under subsection 32C(3);

the person’s licence is suspended during the period:

(e) beginning at the time of the refusal; and

(f) ending:

(i) if the person is charged with a major driving offence—immediately before the person is so charged; or

(ii) otherwise—24 hours after the time of the refusal.