Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) Except as is otherwise expressly provided in this Act the fact that a person has been convicted of an offence under section 6, section 6A or section 14 is not admissible as evidence in any legal proceedings that that person was, at any time, drunk, or under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a prescribed illicit drug, or incapable of driving, or of exercising effective control over, a motor vehicle.
(2) Notwithstanding anything in this or any other Act where a person, on being notified under section 13(6) that a sample of his blood or urine has been taken for analysis, objects to the sample being analysed, no evidence as to the analysis is admissible in any legal proceedings to which he is a party.
(2A) The fact that a prescribed illicit drug has been detected in a person's blood in accordance with this Act is not admissible as evidence in any legal proceedings against the person under the Forensic Procedures Act 2000 or in respect of an offence against Division 3 of Part 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 2001, but is admissible in respect of an offence against Part 2, or Division 4 of Part 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 2001 and may be taken into account in consideration of an application for a search warrant under the Search Warrants Act 1997.
(3) The provisions of this section have effect notwithstanding any covenant, term, condition, or provision of, or contained in any contract of insurance, and any such covenant, term, condition, or provision therein is, to the extent that the operation of this section is excluded, limited, modified, or restricted, void.
(4) References in this section to legal proceedings shall be construed as references to all legal proceedings, whether civil, criminal, or arbitral.