Drink Driver license Disqualification Appeal

If and when you are stopped by the police and your blood alcohol content is found to be over the prescribed concentration of blood alcohol (PCA) for the type of license you hold, you will be automatically issued a traffic infringement notice. You do not need to figure in an impact or a collision for you to be charged with PCA or drink driving in Queensland.

All that is necessary is that you were apprehended by the police while you were driving and the concentration of alcohol in your blood is at the level which is prescribed by law. The traffic infringement notice you are immediately issued by the police at roadside informs you of the PCA charge against you, the corresponding fine you must pay, the number of demerit points you have earned because of the charge and the number of months in which your license will be automatically suspended.

It is this suspension of your license and the conviction for PCA that you can appeal. You may do this by contesting the suspension and the conviction in court. You can present evidence to prove that you were not driving your vehicle, you were not in charge of the vehicle or that your blood alcohol content was not at a prescribed limit.