Part I Principal Road Safety Provisions

Motor vehicles: drink and drugs

F16CPreliminary drug test

(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 Secretary of State, an indication whether the person to whom the test is administered has a drug F2in his body and if so—

(i)

whether it is a specified controlled drug;

(ii)

if it is, whether the proportion of it in the person's blood or urine is likely to exceed the specified limit for that drug.

(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.

F3(3)

Up to three preliminary drug tests may be administered.