(1) For the purposes
of sections 59 to 73, inclusive, if the concentration of alcohol in a
person’s breath is a particular number of grams of alcohol per 210
litres of breath the person’s blood alcohol content is to be regarded as
being that number of grams of alcohol per 100 ml of blood.
(2) For the purposes
of section 72(2)(a) and the definition of breath analysing equipment in
section 65, apparatus is to be regarded as being for the purpose of
ascertaining a person’s blood alcohol content by analysis of a sample of
the person’s breath whether the apparatus gives the blood alcohol
content directly as the analysis result or enables it to be derived under
subsection (1).
(3) For the purposes
of the definition of preliminary test in section 65, apparatus is to be
regarded as being for the purpose of providing an indication of the kind
mentioned in that definition whether the apparatus gives the indication
directly or enables it to be derived under subsection (1).
[Section 65A inserted: No. 39 of 2007 s. 10;
amended: No. 25 of 2016 s. 9.]