57Evidence as to breath analyses, &c., inadmissible in certain proceedings

57 Evidence as to breath analyses, &c., inadmissible in certain proceedings

(1)  Except as is otherwise expressly provided in this Act, the fact that a person has been convicted of an offence under Part 2 or Part 3 is not admissible as evidence in any proceedings that the person was, at any time, drunk, under the influence of intoxicating liquor or incapable of operating a vessel.

(2)  Despite anything in this or any other Act, where a person, on being notified under section 33(2) that a sample of the person's blood has been taken for analysis, objects to the sample being analysed, no evidence as to the analysis is admissible in any proceedings to which he or she is a party.

(3)  This section has effect notwithstanding the provisions of any contract of insurance and the provisions of any such contract are, to the extent that they exclude, limit, modify or restrict the operation of this section, void.

(4)  In this section –

proceedings means all legal proceedings, whether civil, criminal or arbitral.