Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS) ACT 1977 - SECT 5

    (1)     If the Minister is of the opinion that a particular type of instrument—

        (a)     is designed and constructed to ascertain the concentration of alcohol present in a sample of a person's breath and is capable of recording that concentration in grams per 100mL of blood; and

        (b)     is suitable for use in analyses under part 2;

the Minister may approve that type of instrument for this Act.

    (2)     The Minister may, in writing, approve devices of a type described in the notice to be approved screening devices for this Act if the Minister is of opinion that—

        (a)     devices of that type have been designed and made for the purpose of indicating, when a sample of the breath of a person is exhaled into the device, whether alcohol is present in the blood of the person and, if so, of giving an indication of the concentration of alcohol in the blood of the person; and

        (b)     devices of that type are suitable devices for use in tests under part 2.

    (3)     An approval under this section is a notifiable instrument.

Note      A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.