We regularly appear in the NSW Local Court and District Court to assist our clients in relation to traffic offences, including the common offence of drink driving.

We set out below the current range of penalties applicable to drink driving offences in NSW

LOW RANGE DRINK DRIVING
Penalty	First offence		Subsequent offence
Infringement Notice	$561		n/a
Max fine	$2,200		$3,300
Max prison	n/a		n/a
Mandatory Interlock offence	No		Yes
Max disqualification with interlock	n/a		3 months
Min disqualification with interlock	n/a		1 month
Min interlock period	n/a		12 months
Auto disqualification if no interlock	6 months		12 months
Min disqualification if no interlock	3 months		6 months
Immediate license suspension	Discretionary		Discretionary
MID RANGE DRINK DRIVING
Penalty	First offence	Subsequent offence
Max fine	$2,200	$3,300
Max prison	9 months	12 months
Mandatory Interlock offence	Yes	Yes
Max disqual with interlock	6 months	9 months
Min disqual with interlock	3 months	6 months
Min interlock period	12 months	2 years
Auto disqual if no interlock	12 months	3 years
Min disqual if no interlock	6 months	12 months
Immediate license suspension	Yes	Yes

HIGH RANGE DRINK DRIVING
Penalty	First offence	Subsequent offence
Max fine	$3,300	$5,500
Max prison	18 months	2 years
Mandatory Interlock offence	Yes	Yes
Max disqual with interlock	9 months	12 months
Min disqual with interlock	6 months	9 months
Min interlock period	2 years	4 years
Auto disqual if no interlock	3 years	5 years
Min disqual if no interlock	12 months	2 years
Immediate license suspension	Yes	Yes