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### 34 Savings and transitionals
> [*\[Section 34 Inserted by No. 38 of 2017, s. 55, Applied:03 Dec 2018\]*](/view/html/inforce/2018-12-03/act-2017-038#GS55@EN)
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> > (1) In this section –
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> > > ***amending Act*** means the [Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Amendment Act 2017](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2017-038) .
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> > (2) For the purposes of this and any other Act, if, before the day on which [section 5](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2017-038#GS5@EN) of the amending Act commences, apparatus of a type was approved by the Governor as a breath analysing instrument by notice in the *Gazette* and that approval had not been revoked, apparatus of that type is taken, on and after that day, to be apparatus of a type approved by the Minister as a breath analysing instrument by notice in the *Gazette.*
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> > (3) For the purposes of this and any other Act, if, before the day on which [section 6](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2017-038#GS6@EN) of the amending Act commences, a person is an approved analyst, or a supervising analyst, under this Act, that person is taken, on and after that day, to be an approved analyst appointed by the Minister under this Act on the same terms and conditions.
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> > (4) For the purposes of this and any other Act, if, before the day on which [section 33](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2017-038#GS33@EN) of the amending Act commences, an excessive drink-driving notice has been issued, and is in force, under [section 18B](#GS18B@EN) of this Act, that notice is taken, on and after that day, to be a road safety disqualification notice issued, and in force, under that section on the same terms and conditions.