# The Drug Driving (Specified Limits) (England and Wales) Regulations 2014

Draft 2014, ISBN 9780111117422

Section 5A(1) and (2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 makes it an offence for a person to drive, attempt to drive, or be in charge of a motor vehicle on a road or other public place with a specified controlled drug in the body, if the proportion of the drug in that person’s blood or urine exceeds the specified limit for that drug. These Regulations specify the controlled drugs for this purpose and the limit for each expressed as a concentration in blood.

Made under: Road Traffic Act 1988 (Section 5A)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/draft-drug-driving-specified-limits-england-and-wales-regulations-2014/pdf/ukdsi_9780111117422_en.pdf; UK Draft Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/draft-drug-driving-specified-limits-england-and-wales-regulations-2014/pdf/ukdsiem_9780111117422_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 195(4) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.
Road Traffic, England And Wales
Made ***
Coming into force 2nd March 2015
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 5A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act.
A draft of these Regulations was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 195(4) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

## 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Drug Driving (Specified Limits) (England and Wales) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 2nd March 2015.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

## 2 Specified controlled drugs and specified limits for the purposes of section 5A of the Road Traffic Act 1988

The table below specifies the controlled drugs and, in each case, the limit in blood for the purposes of the offence in section 5A of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
Table
Controlled drug
Limit (microgrammes per litre of blood)
Benzoylecgonine
50
Clonazepam
50
Cocaine
10
Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol
2
Diazepam
550
Flunitrazepam
300
Ketamine
20
Lorazepam
100
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
1
Methadone
500
Methylamphetamine
10
Methylenedioxymethamphetamine
10
6-Monoacetylmorphine
5
Morphine
80
Oxazepam
300
Temazepam
1000

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Name
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
Date

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Section 5A(1) and (2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 makes it an offence for a person to drive, attempt to drive, or be in charge of a motor vehicle on a road or other public place with a specified controlled drug in the body, if the proportion of the drug in that person’s blood or urine exceeds the specified limit for that drug. These Regulations specify the controlled drugs for this purpose and the limit for each expressed as a concentration in blood.
An impact assessment of the effect that the offence will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available from the Road User Licensing, Insurance and Safety Division, Department for Transport, Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 4DR (telephone 020 7944 6945). The impact assessment is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside this instrument on the UK legislation website at www.legislation.gov.uk.

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