Article 17C Preliminary drug testF1

(1)

A preliminary drug test is a procedure by which a specimen of sweat or saliva is–

(a)

obtained, and

(b)

used for the purpose of obtaining, by means of a device of a type approved by the Department, an indication whether the person to whom the test is administered has a drug in his body.

(2)

A preliminary drug test may be administered–

(a)

at or near the place where the requirement to co-operate with the test is imposed, or

(b)

if the constable who imposes the requirement thinks it expedient, at a police station specified by him.

(3)

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) 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.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: 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.