SCHEDULE 22 Drugs and Driving: Minor and Consequential Amendments

SCHEDULE 22 Drugs and Driving: Minor and Consequential Amendments

Section 56

Road Traffic Act 1988 (c 52)

1

The Road Traffic Act 1988 is amended as follows.

2

(1)     Section 3A (causing death by careless driving when under influence of drink or drugs) is amended as follows.

(2)     In subsection (1), after paragraph (b) insert—

“(ba)     he has in his body a specified controlled drug and the proportion of it in his blood or urine at that time exceeds the specified limit for that drug, orâ€.

(3)     In subsection (3), after “(1)(b)†insert “, (ba)â€.

3

(1)     Section 6C (preliminary drug test) is amended as follows.

(2)     In subsection (1)(b), for “in his body.†substitute

“in his body and if so—

(i)     whether it is a specified controlled drug;

(ii)     if it is, whether the proportion of it in the person's blood or urine is likely to exceed the specified limit for that drug.â€

(3)     After subsection (2) insert—

“(3)     Up to three preliminary drug tests may be administered.â€

4

In section 6D (arrest), in subsection (1), for the words after “preliminary breath test†substitute

“or preliminary drug test the constable reasonably suspects that—

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