Using breath sample to work out BAC
75EC Using breath sample to work out BAC
A concentration of alcohol in a person’s breath of a number of grams per 210 L of breath is taken to be a concentration in the person’s blood of that number of grams of alcohol per 100 mL of blood.
Breath analysing equipment is taken to be a device that determines a person’s BAC by analysing a sample of the person’s breath, whether the device —
gives the BAC directly; or
allows the BAC to be worked out under subsection (1).
A device used to conduct a preliminary breath test is taken to be a device that indicates a person’s BAC, or indicates whether or not the person has a BAC of or above a particular level, whether the device —
gives the indication directly; or
allows the BAC to be worked out under subsection (1).
[Section 75EC inserted: No. 31 of 2023 s. 15.]
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