Section 79Part 7 — Control of Road Users
Causing death by careless driving or inconsiderate driving
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79. (1) A person who drives a vehicle or animal on a road without care and attention, or without reasonable consideration for other persons, and by so doing causes the death of another person commits an offence.
A constable may arrest without warrant a person whom that constable has reasonable grounds to believe has committed an offence under subsection (1).
An offence under subsection (1) is triable only on indictment and upon conviction the offender is liable to a fine of ten thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of seven years or, to both, and, in addition —
shall, without an order by a court, automatically be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence for at least three years, the period of disqualification to run from the expiration of a sentence of imprisonment, as the court may order; and
the particulars of the offence shall be endorsed on that person’s driving record.