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Dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm

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The offence of dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm under s 52A(3) is committed if the driver is involved in an impact occasioning grievous bodily harm (GBH) to another person, and the driver is under the influence of liquor or a drug, or is driving at a dangerous speed or in a dangerous manner.

The maximum penalty on indictment is 7 years imprisonment. Aggravated dangerous driving occasioning GBH under s 52A(4) carries a maximum penalty of 11 years imprisonment. The same circumstances of aggravation apply as for dangerous driving
occasioning death.

Offences of dangerous driving occasioning GBH can be prosecuted summarily (ie. in the Local Court), unless an election to proceed on indictment is made by the prosecution or the person charged: Table 1 in Schedule 1 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986. The maximum penalty which can be imposed by the Local Court is 18 months imprisonment: s 267(4)(a) of the Criminal Procedure Act.

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