{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-17A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-17A.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1995/2994",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-northern-ireland-order-1995",
  "path": "article/17A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17A",
  "heading": "Preliminary breath test",
  "text": "(1) A preliminary breath test is a procedure whereby the person to whom the test is administered provides a specimen of breath to be used for the purpose of obtaining, by means of a device of a type approved by the Department, an indication whether the proportion of alcohol in the person's breath or blood is likely to exceed the prescribed limit.\n(2) A preliminary breath test administered in reliance on Article 17(2) to (4) may be administered only at or near the place where the requirement to co-operate with the test is imposed.\n(3) A preliminary breath test administered in reliance on Article 17(5) may be administered–\n(a) at or near the place where the requirement to co-operate with the test is imposed, or\n(b) if the constable who imposes the requirement thinks it expedient, at a police station specified by him.\n(4) For the purposes of paragraph (1) a device shall be treated as of a type approved by the Department where a statement that the Department has approved a device of that type is included in the Belfast Gazette.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 17 - 17E substituted (15.11.2007) for art. 17 by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 14; S.R. 2007/454, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/2994/article/17A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:42:55.991221+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."
}