(1) Sections 4(1), (2), and (4), 5 to 10, and 14(1), (3), (4), and (5) come into force on 29 December 2001.

(2) The rest of this Act comes into force on the day on which this Act receives the Royal assent.

The purpose of this Act is to improve road safety enforcement by—

• (a) removing the defence of error or possible error in the result of an evidential breath test and ensuring that an evidential breath test is conclusive, but subject to safeguards to protect the rights of defendants:

• (b) enabling certificates of accuracy for distance-measuring devices, speed-measuring devices, approved vehicle surveillance equipment, and tuning forks to be admitted as evidence in proceedings for speeding offences against any bylaws or enactment, other offences against the principal Act, and offences against the Road User Charges Act 2012 (or any regulations made under that Act):

• (c) enabling certificates of accuracy of weighing devices to be admitted as evidence in proceedings for any road user charge offence as well as for offences against the principal Act:

• (d) confirming that fines of up to $1,000 may be prescribed for offences relating to temporary speed limits on roads controlled by road controlling authorities and for other offences under the Traffic Regulations 1976.

(1) Section 2(1) of the principal Act is amended by inserting, after the definition of carriage, the following definition:

(2) Section 2(1) of the principal Act is amended by repealing the definition of conclusive evidential breath-testing device.

(3) Section 2(1) of the principal Act is amended by omitting from the definition of speed limit the words “the Transport Act 1962 or the rules”, and substituting the words “this Act, the Transport Act 1962, the Local Government Act 1974, the Transit New Zealand Act 1989, or the rules”.

(4) Section 2(2) of the principal Act is amended by inserting, after the words “for any purpose specified in subsection (1)”, the words “or in section 75A(5)”.

(1) Section 64(2) of the principal Act is amended by omitting the expression “sections 68 to 75”, and substituting the expression “sections 68 to 75A, and 77”.

(2) Section 64(4)(a) of the principal Act is amended by inserting, after the words “the breath screening test”, the words “or evidential breath test”.

The principal Act is amended by inserting, after section 70, the following section:

Section 72(1)(b) of the principal Act is amended by omitting the words “(other than a test carried out by means of a conclusive evidential breath-testing device that indicates that the proportion of alcohol in the person's breath exceeds 600 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath)”.

The principal Act is amended by inserting, after section 75, the following section:

(1) Section 77(3)(a) of the principal Act is amended—

• (a) by omitting the word “immediately”, and substituting the words without delay:

• (b) by omitting the word “sufficient” in both places where it appears, and substituting in each case the word “conclusive”.

(2) Section 77(5) of the principal Act is repealed.

(1) Section 95 of the principal Act is amended by inserting, after subsection (1), the following subsection:

(2) Section 95 of the principal Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Section 146(1) of the principal Act is amended by omitting the words “an offence against this Act”, and substituting the words “a speeding offence against any bylaws or enactment, any other offence against this Act, or an offence against the Road User Charges Act 1977”.

Section 147 of the principal Act is amended by inserting in subsections (1) and (7), after the words “an offence against this Act”, the words “or an offence against the Road User Charges Act 1977”.

(1) Despite sections 77(1)(q) and 199(1)(d) of the Transport Act 1962, the power conferred by sections 167(1)(h) and 218 of the Land Transport Act 1998 to amend the Traffic Regulations 1976 includes, and is declared always to have included, power to prescribe in those regulations fines not exceeding the relevant maximum fine specified in section 167(1)(h).

(2) Subsection (1) is for the avoidance of doubt.

(1) Section 19B of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 is consequentially amended by repealing subsection (1), and substituting the following subsection:

(2) The Transport Act 1962 is consequentially amended—

• (a) by omitting from section 77(1)(q) the expression “$100”, and substituting the expression “$1,000”:

• (b) by omitting from section 199(1)(d) the expression “$500”, and substituting the expression “$1,000”.

(3) Schedule 1 of the Summary Proceedings Regulations 1958 (SR 1958/38) is consequentially amended—

• (a) by omitting from form 5B the first asterisk that appears on the form:

• (b) by omitting the words “*The result of that evidential breath test, being a test carried out by means of a conclusive evidential breath-testing device, indicated that the proportion of alcohol in your breath exceeded 600 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath.”

(4) Clause 8 of the Transport (Breath Tests) Notice (No 2) 1989 (SR 1989/389) is consequentially revoked.

(5) Schedule 3 of the Land Transport (Offences and Penalties) Regulations 1999 (SR 1999/99) is consequentially amended by inserting in the form, after item 2, the following item:

(6) Notices in the form set out in Schedule 3 of the Land Transport (Offences and Penalties) Regulations 1999 that were printed before the date of commencement of subsection (5) may be used for 1 month beginning on that date for the purposes of suspending a person's driver licence under section 95 of the principal Act on the grounds of exceeding the applicable speed limit by more than 50 kilometres per hour.

(1) This section applies to an alleged offence if—

• (a) the offence was committed on or after 1 March 1999 and before the commencement of this Act; and

• (b) the offence is a speeding offence against any bylaws or enactment, any other offence against the principal Act, or an offence against the Road User Charges Act 1977; and

• (c) the proceedings for the offence are heard by a court on or after the commencement of this section.

(2) Certificates may be given under section 146 or section 147 (as amended by this Act) for the purposes of proceedings to which this section applies, and the certificates are admissible in evidence accordingly, as if this Act were in force during the period specified in subsection (1)(a).

(1) For the purposes of section 75A(5) of the principal Act, any consultation carried out by the Minister of Police before the commencement of this Act for the purpose of preparing the first notice under that provision, being consultation with the Minister of Transport and the Minister of Justice, must be treated as having been carried out under that provision.

(2) Despite section 2(1), persons may be appointed, certificates may be issued, and notices may be given for the purposes of section 75A of the principal Act at any time on or after the commencement of this section.