Independent MP Craig Garland Loses Licence
Tasmanian independent MP Craig Garland has been disqualified from driving for six months and fined $820 after pleading guilty to drug driving.
Garland appeared in the Burnie Magistrates Court, where he received four demerit points for driving with cannabis in his system.
- He was intercepted by police on Smith Street in Smithton on November 2 last year.
- An oral fluid test detected traces of cannabis.
He recognises he should not have been driving
Garland had been prescribed medical cannabis in June to manage chronic pain, but accepted responsibility for his actions. He will only be allowed to drive to and from parliament.
Author's summary: MP loses licence for 6 months.