# The Armed Forces (Alcohol Limits for Prescribed Safety-Critical Duties) Regulations 2013, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52) (“the 2006 Act”) creates a power to test for drugs and alcohol in relation to the performance of safety-critical duties, and section 20A of the 2006 Act makes it an offence to have more than a prescribed level of alcohol in the body when a person is performing or might reasonably expect to be called on to perform a prescribed safety-critical duty.
Regulation 3 prescribes higher and lower limits for alcohol in breath, blood and urine.
Regulation 4 prescribes the duties which are subject to the higher alcohol limit, and regulation 5 prescribes the duties which are subject to the lower alcohol limit.
Under section 93F of the 2006 Act a person who has provided a specimen of breath for testing may require it to be replaced with a blood or urine specimen, if the specimen of breath contains no more than a prescribed proportion of alcohol. Regulation 6 prescribes the proportion of alcohol. The proportion prescribed depends on the offence for which the person suspected is being tested.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111100455/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-armed-forces-alcohol-limits-for-prescribed-safety-critical-duties-regulations-2013/note
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