Existing approved devices and instruments
27 Existing approved devices and instruments
Existing approved traffic enforcement devices Any device that was an approved device under the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999 (or any provisions of that Act) of a kind referred to in Column 1 of the Table to this subclause (an existing approved traffic enforcement device) is taken to be an approved traffic enforcement device under this Act approved for the use referred to in Column 2 opposite the kind of device specified in Column 1.
Table
Column 1
Column 2
Existing approved traffic enforcement device
Corresponding approved use
approved average speed detection device
average speed detection
approved camera detection device
red traffic light detection
approved camera recording device
excess speed imaging
approved digital camera recording device
excess speed imaging
approved speed measuring device
speed measurement
approved traffic lane camera device
traffic lane use detection
An existing approved traffic enforcement device that has been approved for use as an approved device for the purposes of 2 or more device approval provisions (within the meaning of section 57C of the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999) is taken to be approved as an approved traffic enforcement device under this Act for each of those uses.
Existing alcohol or drug testing instruments Any device or instrument that was an approved device or instrument for the purposes of the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999 (or any provisions of that Act) of a kind referred to in Column 1 of the Table to this subclause is taken to be an approved device or instrument for the purposes of this Act (or the corresponding provisions of this Act) of the kind referred to in Column 2 opposite the kind of device or instrument specified in Column 1.
Table
Column 1
Column 2
Existing device or instrument
Corresponding device or instrument
approved oral fluid analysing instrument
approved oral fluid analysing instrument
approved oral fluid testing device
approved oral fluid testing device
breath analysing instrument
breath analysing instrument
a device approved for the carrying out of breath tests
a device approved for the carrying out of breath tests
Authorised persons A police officer or other person who is authorised under a provision of the former road transport legislation to operate, or install and inspect, a device or instrument referred to in Column 1 of the Tables to subclause (1) or (3) is taken to have been authorised under the corresponding provision of the new road transport legislation to operate, or install and inspect, as the case may be, the corresponding device or instrument under this Act.
Without limiting subclause (4), a police officer who is authorised to carry out breath tests or oral fluid tests under the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999 is taken to be authorised to carry out breath tests or oral fluid tests under Schedule 3 to this Act.
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