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Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1970
21Avoidance of certain provisions in contracts of insurance
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### 21 Avoidance of certain provisions in contracts of insurance
> *\[Section 21 Amended by No. 94 of 1975, s. 17 \]*Any covenant, term, condition, or other provision of a contract or other agreement to the extent that it purports to exclude or limit the liability of an insurer under any contract of insurance in the event of the owner or driver of a motor vehicle –
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> > > (a) being convicted of an offence under this Act (not being an offence under [section 4](#GS4@EN) ); or
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> > > (b) [*\[Section 21 Amended by No. 28 of 2005, s. 16, Applied:01 Feb 2006\]*](/view/html/inforce/2006-02-01/act-2005-028#GS16@EN) [*\[Section 21 Amended by No. 25 of 2006, Sched. 2, Applied:23 Dec 2006\]*](/view/html/inforce/2006-12-23/act-2006-025#JS2@Ja3@GC2@EN) [*\[Section 21 Amended by No. 38 of 2017, s. 39, Applied:03 Dec 2018\]*](/view/html/inforce/2018-12-03/act-2017-038#GS39@EN) having more than a specified concentration of alcohol present in his breath or blood as indicated by an analysis of his breath or blood –
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> is void.