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Special Drink Driving (DUI) Work Licence
South East Queensland's Traffic Offence Experts
When a person is charged with Drink Driving (DUI), they may be eligible to apply for a Special DUI Work Licence, in which instance we can apply for a Special DUI Work Licence on their behalf.
Special DUI Work Licences are extremely technical and easy to mess up if you try to do it alone.
That said, having been granted every Special DUI Work Licence we have ever applied for, we know the ins and outs of these applications back to front.
Our job is to meticulously prepare the application documents, and to appear before the court and successfully convince the Magistrate that you are a hard working and upstanding member of the community who will not be able to continue in your job without a licence.
We prepare our submissions to the court by asking you a number of key questions about who you are, what you do, your family life, your contributions to the community, and about the circumstances under which you have been charged. We then combine this information with our legal expertise.
As a result of our high standard of legal representation, our clients leave the court time and time again with their applications having been granted.
If you need to apply for a Special DUI Work Licence call us for a free no-obligation case appraisal on 1300 947 352 anytime 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
We charge a fixed fee for our services, which we will discuss with you during your free case appraisal.
We appear at all courts throughout South East Queensland (all courts within 250km of Brisbane).
Call 1300 947 352 Anytime 24 Hours 7 Days
Drink Driving - Unlicensed Driving - Suspended Driving - Disqualified Driving - Careless Driving
Dangerous Driving - Drink Driving Work Licences - Special Hardship Licences
The penalties for drink driving can be quite severe, depending on the drink driver’s blood alcohol concentration (BAC) and the drink driver’s traffic history. The severity of the penalty obviously escalates along with the drink driver’s blood alcohol concentration. The penalties for drink driving usually comprise of both a driver’s licence disqualification, along with a fine. However, the Magistrate can also hand down an order of community service or probation, an intensive correction order, a wholly suspended term of imprisonment, imprisonment with immediate parole, or a term of actual imprisonment to be served.
Where an open licensed drink driver’s blood alcohol concentration is below 0.15%, the drink driver’s licence will be disqualified for a period of between 1 and 9 months. Where a non-open licensed drink driver’s blood alcohol concentration is below 0.15%, the drink driver’s licence will be disqualified for a period of between 3 and 9 months. In both instances the drink driver will face a maximum fine of $1,400.00.
Where drink driver’s blood alcohol concentration is over 0.15%, the drink driver’s licence will be disqualified for a period of between 6 months and 5 years. The drink driver will also face a fine of up to $2,800.00. Where a drink driver is convicted of having had a blood alcohol concentration over 0.15% on 3 occasions within a 5 year period, imprisonment forms a mandatory part of the penalty.
Certain drink drivers may be eligible to apply for a special work licence, which allows the drink driver to continue driving for work purposes only throughout their disqualification period. To be eligible to apply for a work licence, the drink driver must be the holder of a Queensland open licence, have a blood alcohol concentration of less than 0.15%, must not have been driving for work purposes when charged, must not have lost their licence throughout the previous 5 years, and must be able to show that they will suffer severe financial hardship if they were not to be permitted to drive during the disqualification period.
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