{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-93D",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-93D.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/52",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006",
  "path": "section/93D",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "93D",
  "heading": "Preliminary drug test",
  "text": "(1) A preliminary drug test is a procedure administered by a service policeman under which—\n(a) a specimen of sweat or saliva is obtained from the affected person; and\n(b) the specimen is used for the purpose of obtaining, by means of an approved device, an indication whether there is a drug in the person's body.\n(2) A preliminary drug test may be administered only—\n(a) at or near the place where the requirement to co-operate with the test is imposed;\n(b) at a service police establishment determined by the service policeman; or\n(c) at a medical establishment.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 3 Ch. 3A inserted (8.3.2012 for specified purposes, 1.11.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18), ss. 11(1), 32(3); S.I. 2012/669, art. 3(c); S.I. 2013/2501, art. 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 93D(1)(a) substituted (19.7.2018 for specified purposes, 1.1.2019 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2016 (c. 21), ss. 2(6), 19(1); S.I. 2018/876, reg. 2(a)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/section/93D",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:24.063324+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}