{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-amendment-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-amendment-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2016/11",
  "legislation_title": "Road Traffic (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-amendment-act-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Check-point breath tests: further provision",
  "text": "(1) The Order of 1995 is amended as follows.\n(2) In Article 13(3) (what constitutes co-operation with preliminary test), after “a preliminary test” insert “ or check-point breath test ”.\n(3) In Article 17D (arrest following preliminary breath test)—\n(a) in paragraph (1), after “a preliminary breath test” insert “ or check-point breath test ”,\n(b) in paragraph (2), in sub-paragraph (a), after “Article 17” insert “ or a check-point breath test under Article 17CA ”,\n(c) in paragraph (2A), after “the preliminary test” insert “ or check-point breath test ”.\n(4) In Article 18 (provision of specimens for analysis)—\n(a) after paragraph (1), insert—\n“(1A) A constable may, subject to the following provisions of thisArticle, require a person whom he may require to co-operate with a check-point breath test under Article 17CA—\n(a) to provide 2 specimens of breath for analysis by means of a device mentioned in paragraph (1)(a), or\n(b) to provide a specimen of blood or urine for a laboratory test.”,\n(b) in paragraph (3), after “paragraph (1)(a)” insert “ or (1A)(a) ”,\n(c) in paragraph (4), after “(1)(b)” insert “ or (1A)(b) ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 4 in operation at 25.11.2016 by S.R. 2016/399, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/11/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:00.207228+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}