Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
- Act 77 of 1970
- Royal Assent 11 January 1971
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART I - Preliminary
1. 1. Short title and commencement
2. 2. Interpretation
3. 3. The supervising analyst, &c.
PART II - Offences related to the taking of alcohol and drugs and
the detection thereof Division 1 - Driving under the influence of
alcohol or drugs
4. 4. Driving while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, &c.,
prohibited
5. 5. Powers of arrest, &c.
6. 6. Driving with excessive concentration of breath or blood
alcohol
6A. 6A. Driving with prescribed illicit drug in blood
7. 7. Consumption, &c., of intoxicating liquor in motor vehicles
Division 2 - Examination of persons for alcohol or drugs
7A. 7A. Power of police officer to require driver of motor vehicle
to undergo breath test
7B. 7B. Power of police officer to require driver of motor vehicle
to undergo oral fluid test
7C. 7C. Liability to provide blood sample following oral fluid test
7D. 7D. Trace particle detection tests
8. 8. Liability for breath test as a result of conduct
8A. 8A. Liability for oral fluid test as result of conduct
9. 9. Liability for medical examination where condition may not be
due to alcohol
10. 10. Enforcement of obligation to provide blood sample or submit
to breath analysis or medical examination
10A. 10A. Blood samples to be provided in certain cases
11. 11. Rights and obligations on completion of breath analysis
12. 12. Examination, &c., of persons incapable of consenting
13. 13. Duties of medical practitioners and nurses in relation to
taking of blood samples, &c.
13A. 13A. Retention of blood sample during detention in custody
13B. 13B. Analysis of blood and urine samples by approved analyst
14. 14. Offences under Division 2
Division 3 - Supplementary provisions
15. 15. Identification of offenders
16. 16. Proceedings before magistrate
17. 17. Penalties for drink-driving offences, &c.
17A. 17A. Penalties for other offences
17B. 17B.
18. 18. Requirement for drink-drivers to attend prescribed course
18A. 18A. Traffic infringement notice may be issued in certain
circumstances
18B. 18B. Immediate disqualification in certain circumstances
18C. 18C. Commencement of period of disqualification
18D. 18D. Cancellation of excessive drink-driving notice
18E. 18E. Appeal against excessive drink-driving notice
19. 19. Special hardship orders
19A. 19A. Driving while disqualified under this Act
19B. 19B.
20. 20. Concurrent offences not treated separately
21. 21. Avoidance of certain provisions in contracts of insurance
PART III - Evidentiary provisions Division 1 - Evidence in certain
criminal proceedings
22. 22. Application of Division 1
23. 23. Statutory presumptions with respect to breath analyses and
blood tests, &c.
23A. 23A. Statutory presumptions with respect to prescribed illicit
drugs
24. 24. Restrictions on admission of evidence of breath analysis
25. 25. Evidence as to carrying out of breath analysis
25A. 25A. Evidence of matters related to refusal to submit to breath
analysis
26. 26. Certificates and records of supervising analyst and approved
operators
27. 27. Certificate in relation to taking of blood or urine samples
28. 28. Certificates of analysis of blood or urine samples
29. 29. Limitation on tendering of certificates, &c., in evidence
29A. 29A. Section 177A of the Evidence Act 2001 not to apply
29B. 29B. Certificate as to alcohol dependency
Division 2 - Restriction on use of certain evidence
30. 30. Evidence as to analyses, &c., inadmissible in certain
proceedings
PART IV - Supplementary provisions
31. 31. Regulations
32. 32.
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 2
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