EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations relate to the limits on the proportion of alcohol present in the breath, blood and urine set by the Road Traffic Act 1988. Regulation 2 prescribes new, lower limits for the purpose of the definition of “the prescribed limit” in section 11(2) as it applies in relation to driving, attempting to drive, or being in charge of a vehicle in Scotland. Regulation 3 makes a consequential amendment to section 8(2) in relation to the circumstances in which a person can elect to have a specimen of breath replaced with a specimen of blood or urine.