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Formal Consolidation |  2004 RevEd
Interpretation of sections 67 to 71B
72.—(1)  In sections 67 to 71B —
“authorised analyst” means any medical practitioner, scientific officer or chemist who is employed in a hospital or laboratory to carry out analyses of blood;
“breath test” means a test for the purpose of obtaining, by means of a breath alcohol analyser or any other device prescribed by the Minister, an indication whether the proportion of alcohol in a person’s breath or blood is likely to exceed the prescribed limit;
“fail” includes refuse;
“intoxicating substance” has the same meaning as in the Intoxicating Substances Act (Cap. 146A);
“police station” includes any place or conveyance authorised or appointed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police to be used as a police station;
“prescribed limit” means —
(a)35 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath; or
(b)80 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.
[11/96; 1/99]
(2)  A person does not provide a specimen of breath for a breath test or for analysis unless the specimen is sufficient to enable the test or the analysis to be carried out and is provided in such a way as to enable the objective of the test or analysis to be satisfactorily achieved.
[11/96]
(3)  Subject to section 71B, a person provides a specimen of blood if and only if he consents to its being taken by a medical practitioner and it is so taken.
[71C
[11/96]
Informal Consolidation | Amended S 304/2005
Interpretation of sections 67 to 71B
72.—(1)  In sections 67 to 71B —
“authorised analyst” means any medical practitioner, scientific officer or chemist who is employed in a hospital or laboratory to carry out analyses of blood;
“breath test” means a test for the purpose of obtaining, by means of a breath alcohol analyser or any other device prescribed by the Minister, an indication whether the proportion of alcohol in a person’s breath or blood is likely to exceed the prescribed limit;
“fail” includes refuse;
“intoxicating substance” has the same meaning as in the Intoxicating Substances Act (Cap. 146A);
“police station” includes any place or conveyance authorised or appointed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police to be used as a police station;
“prescribed limit” means —
(a)35 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath; or
(b)80 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.
[11/96; 1/99]
(2)  A person does not provide a specimen of breath for a breath test or for analysis unless the specimen is sufficient to enable the test or the analysis to be carried out and is provided in such a way as to enable the objective of the test or analysis to be satisfactorily achieved.
[11/96]
(3)  Subject to section 71B, a person provides a specimen of blood if and only if he consents to its being taken by a medical practitioner and it is so taken.
[71C
[11/96]
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