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### 22 Application of Division 1
> > (1) *\[Section 22 Subsection (1) amended by No. 18 of 1974, s. 7 \]*[*\[Section 22 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 68 of 1997, s. 11, Applied:01 Mar 1998\]*](/view/html/inforce/1998-03-01/act-1997-068#GS11@EN) This Division applies to any proceedings in respect of any crime or offence specified in [subsection (2)](#GS22@Gs2@EN) if one or more of the following matters is relevant to the proceedings:
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> > > > (a) whether a person was or was not under the influence, or the extent to which a person was under the influence, of intoxicating liquor at the time of the commission of the crime or offence;
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> > > > (b) [*\[Section 22 Subsection (1) amended by No. 28 of 2005, s. 17, Applied:01 Feb 2006\]*](/view/html/inforce/2006-02-01/act-2005-028#GS17@EN) the concentration of alcohol in the breath or blood of a person at the time of the commission of the crime or offence;
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> > > > (c) [*\[Section 22 Subsection (1) amended by No. 18 of 2005, s. 16, Applied:01 Jul 2005\]*](/view/html/inforce/2005-07-01/act-2005-018#GS16@Hpa@EN) [*\[Section 22 Subsection (1) amended by No. 38 of 2017, s. 41, Applied:03 Dec 2018\]*](/view/html/inforce/2018-12-03/act-2017-038#GS41@Hpa@EN) whether or not a person failed or refused to submit to a breath analysis or oral fluid analysis;
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> > > > (d) [*\[Section 22 Subsection (1) amended by No. 18 of 2005, s. 16, Applied:01 Jul 2005\]*](/view/html/inforce/2005-07-01/act-2005-018#GS16@Hpb@EN) [*\[Section 22 Subsection (1) amended by No. 38 of 2017, s. 41, Applied:03 Dec 2018\]*](/view/html/inforce/2018-12-03/act-2017-038#GS41@Hpb@EN) the presence of a prescribed illicit drug in a person's oral fluid or blood at the time of the commission of the crime or offence.
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> > (2) *\[Section 22 Subsection (2) amended by No. 67 of 1976, s. 9 \]*The following crimes and offences are the crimes and offences referred to in [subsection (1)](#GS22@Gs1@EN) , that is to say:
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> > > > (a) the crime of manslaughter arising out of the driving of a motor vehicle;
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> > > > (ab) the crime of causing death by dangerous driving;
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> > > > (b) an offence under this Act;
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> > > > (ba) [*\[Section 22 Subsection (2) amended by No. 104 of 2001, s. 8, Applied:05 Dec 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-12-05/act-2001-104#GS8@EN) an offence under [section 12 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1999-070#GS12@EN) [Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1999-070) ;
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> > > > (c) [*\[Section 22 Subsection (2) amended by No. 15 of 2000, s. 5, Applied:28 Apr 2000\]*](/view/html/inforce/2000-04-28/act-2000-015#GS5@EN) an offence under [section 32 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1925-038#GS32@EN) [Traffic Act 1925](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1925-038) .
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> > (3) [*\[Section 22 Subsection (3) inserted by No. 38 of 2017, s. 41, Applied:03 Dec 2018\]*](/view/html/inforce/2018-12-03/act-2017-038#GS41@Hpc@EN) Nothing in this Division prevents one or more certificates under this Division from being issued as a single document.