✨ Bail (Drug and Alcohol Testing) Rules 2017
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 49 — 11 MAY 2017
person’s breath exceeds 400 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath. As a confirmation, the indicator light will be a steady red for a short time.
Breath screening tests carried out by means of a Dräger 7510NZ must be carried out in the following manner:
a. Step 1: Preliminary action
i. The authorised person must select SCREENING from the display panel, then depress the OK button.
ii. The authorised person must, when prompted to do so by the device, attach a mouthpiece to the breath inlet port of the device.
b. Step 2: Breath screening test
i. The person being tested must, when instructed by the authorised person, blow through the mouthpiece at a pressure and for a period to provide a specimen of breath sufficient for analysis.
ii. After the person being tested stops blowing, the authorised person must observe the display panel of the device.
iii. If the display panel shows Insufficient Volume, it means that no specimen of breath sufficient for analysis has been provided. In that case, the authorised person may depress the OK button on the device, and repeat Step 1 and this Step 2, unless the authorised person believes the person being tested has failed or refused and will continue to fail or refuse to undergo the test without delay.
c. Step 3: Results of test
i. If the display panel shows Pass, the result indicates that the test is negative. As a confirmation, the indicator light will be a steady green for a short time.
ii. If the display panel shows Under 250, the result indicates that the person’s breath contains alcohol but the proportion of alcohol in the person’s breath does not exceed 250 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath. As a confirmation, the indicator light will be a steady amber for a short time.
iii. If the display panel shows 250+Over, the result indicates that the proportion of alcohol in the person’s breath exceeds 250 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath but does not exceed 400 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath. As a confirmation, the indicator light will flash red and amber alternately for a short time.
iv. If the display panel shows Over 400, the result indicates that the proportion of alcohol in the person’s breath exceeds 400 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath. As a confirmation, the indicator light will be a steady red for a short time.
Evidential breath tests carried out by means of a Dräger 7510NZ or a Dräger 9510NZ must be carried out in the following manner:
a. Step 1: Start of testing sequence
The authorised person must depress the button for starting the test.
b. Step 2: Evidential breath test
The authorised person must carry out the testing sequence in accordance with the instructions that appear on the display panel of the device:
i. the authorised person must attach a new mouthpiece to the breath inlet port or tube of the device and instruct the person being tested to blow through the mouthpiece;
ii. the person being tested must, when instructed by the authorised person, blow through the mouthpiece at a pressure and for a period to provide a breath specimen sufficient for analysis; and
iii. Step 2(i) and Step 2(ii) must be repeated, as required, until the testing sequence is completed.
c. Step 3: Results of test
i. The result of the Evidential Breath Test will appear on the display panel of the device.
ii. If the Evidential Breath Test Result is “Incomplete Test”, the test has been unable to be carried out,
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