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(c) Any person who has been stopped by a police officer or by any member of the sheriff's department and is suspected by such officer to be guilty of a violation of Section~ 22-421 or 22-421.1, shall have the right to refuse to permit his breath to be so analyzed, and his failure to permit such analysis shall not be evidence in any prosecution under Sections 22-421 or 22-421.1, provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting in any manner the provisions of Section 22-423. (d) Whenever the breath sample so taken and analyzed indicates that there is alcohol present in the blood of the person from whom the breath was taken, the officer may charge such person for the violation of Section 22-421 or 22-421.1. Any person so charged shall then be subject to the provisions of Section 22-423. (e) The results of such breath analysis shall not be admitted into evidence in any prosecution under Section~ 22-421 or 22-421.1, the purpose of this section being to permit a preliminary analysis of the alcohol content of the blood of a person suspected of having violated the provisions of Sections 22-421 or 22-421.1. (f) Police officers or members of any sheriff's department shall, upon stopping any person suspected of having violated the provisions of Sections 22-421 or 22-421.1, advise such person of his rights under the provisions of this section. Sec. 22-423. Chemical test to determine alcoholic or drug content of blood. The provisions of Section 18.2-268.1 through 18.2-268.11 of the Code of Virginia in effect on July 1, 1994, and all subsequent amendments thereto, are hereby incorporated by reference and adopted as a part of this section~ it being the intent of this section that any amendment to the aforementioned sections by the legislature of Virginia shall be deemed to be incorporated herein upon the effective date of such legislation. Sec. 22-424. Presumptions from alcohol content of blood. (a) in any prosecution for a violation of subsection (a) (2) of Section 22-421, the amount of alcohol in the blood of the accused at the time of the alleged offense, as indicated by a chemical analysis of a sample of the accused's blood or breath to determine the alcohol content of his blood, shall give rise to the following rebuttable presumptions: