[5A Driving or being in charge of a motor vehicle with concentration of specified controlled drug above specified limit]
Road Traffic Act 1988 (1988 c 52) | Legislation

[5A  Driving or being in charge of a motor vehicle with concentration of specified controlled drug above specified limit]

[(1)     This section applies where a person (“D”)—

(a)     drives or attempts to drive a motor vehicle on a road or other public place, or

(b)     is in charge of a motor vehicle on a road or other public place,

and there is in D's body a specified controlled drug.

(2)     D is guilty of an offence if the proportion of the drug in D's blood or urine exceeds the specified limit for that drug.

(3)     It is a defence for a person (“D”) charged with an offence under this section to show that—

(a)     the specified controlled

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