- Act 38 of 2017 - Royal Assent 16 October 2017 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Long Title PART 1 - Preliminary 1. Short title 2. Commencement 3. Repeal of Act PART 2 - Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1970 Amended 4. Principal Act 5. Section 2 amended (Interpretation) 6. Section 3 substituted 7. Section 4 amended (Driving while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, &c., prohibited) 8. Section 5 amended (Powers of arrest, &c.) 9. Section 5A inserted 10. Section 6 amended (Driving with excessive concentration of breath or blood alcohol) 11. Section 6A amended (Driving with prescribed illicit drug in blood) 12. Section 7AA inserted 13. Section 7A amended (Power of police officer to require driver of motor vehicle to undergo breath test) 14. Section 7B amended (Power of police officer to require driver of motor vehicle to undergo oral fluid test) 15. Section 7C amended (Liability to provide blood sample following oral fluid test) 16. Section 7D amended (Trace particle detection tests) 17. Section 8 amended (Approved analysts and approved operators) 18. Section 8A amended (Liability for oral fluid test or oral fluid analysis as result of conduct) 19. Section 9 amended (Liability for medical examination where condition may not be due to alcohol) 20. Section 10 amended (Enforcement of obligation to provide blood sample or submit to breath analysis or medical examination) 21. Section 10A amended (Blood samples to be provided in certain cases) 22. Section 10B inserted 23. Section 11 amended (Rights and obligations on completion of breath analysis or oral fluid analysis) 24. Section 12 amended (Examination, &c., of persons incapable of consenting) 25. Section 13 amended (Duties of medical practitioners and nurses in relation to taking of blood samples, &c.) 26. Section 13A amended (Retention of blood sample during detention in custody) 27. Section 13B amended (Analysis of blood samples by approved analyst) 28. Section 13C inserted 29. Section 14 amended (Offences under Division 2) 30. Section 15 amended (Identification of offenders) 31. Section 17 amended (Penalties for drink-driving offences, &c.) 32. Sections 18 and 18A substituted 33. Section 18B amended (Immediate disqualification in certain circumstances) 34. Section 18C amended (Commencement of period of disqualification) 35. Section 18D amended (Cancellation of road safety disqualification notice) 36. Section 19 amended (Special hardship orders) 37. Section 19A amended (Driving while disqualified under this Act) 38. Section 20 amended (Concurrent offences not treated separately) 39. Section 21 amended (Avoidance of certain provisions in contracts of insurance) 40. Section 21A inserted 41. Section 22 amended (Application of Division 1) 42. Section 23 amended (Statutory presumptions with respect to breath analyses and blood tests, &c.) 43. Section 23A amended (Statutory presumptions with respect to prescribed illicit drugs) 44. Section 24 amended (Restrictions on admission of evidence of breath analysis) 45. Section 25 amended (Evidence as to carrying out of breath analysis) 46. Section 25A amended (Evidence of matters related to refusal to submit to breath analysis) 47. Section 26 amended (Certificates and records of approved analyst and approved operators) 48. Section 27 amended (Certificate in relation to taking of blood samples) 49. Section 28 amended (Certificates of analysis of blood samples) 50. Section 28A inserted 51. Section 29 amended (Limitation on tendering of certificates, &c., in evidence) 52. Section 30 amended (Evidence as to analyses, &c., inadmissible in certain proceedings) 53. Section 30A inserted 54. Section 31 amended (Regulations) 55. Sections 32 , 33 and 34 inserted PART 3 - Marine Safety (Misuse of Alcohol) Act 2006 Amended 56. Principal Act 57. Section 3 amended (Interpretation) 58. Section 8 amended (Approved analysts and approved operators) 59. Section 61 amended (Regulations) 60. Schedule 1 amended (Evidentiary Certificates and Records) PART 4 - Police Offences Act 1935 Amended 61. Principal Act 62. Section 37K amended (Interpretation of Division) PART 5 - Rail Safety National Law (Tasmania) Act 2012 Amended 63. Principal Act 64. Section 10 amended (Testing for drugs and alcohol) PART 6 - Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 Amended 65. Principal Act 66. Section 3 amended (Interpretation) 67. Section 18 amended (Restricted driver licences) 68. Part 3, Division 3B: Heading amended 69. Section 19C amended (Automatic suspension of licence for road safety disqualification notice)[ Note: This table has been automatically generated and may be incomplete. ]