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Section 45G

Interpretation of sections 44 and 45B to 45F

of Road Transport Act 1987

ActIn forceProvision 59 of 176
Section 45G
(1)

For the purposes of sections 44 and 45B to 45F—

“breath test” includes a preliminary test for the purpose of obtaining, by means of a prescribed breathanalyser, an indication whether the proportion of alcohol in a person’s breath, blood or urine equals or exceeds the prescribed limit;

“fail” includes refuse;

“police station” includes any place or conveyance authorized or appointed by the Inspector General of Police to be used as a police station;

“prescribed limit” means—

(a)

*22 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath;

(b)

**50 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood;

or

(c)

***67 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of urine.

*NOTE―Previously “35”–see subsection 11(a) of Road Transport (Amendment) Act 2020 [Act A1618].

**NOTE―Previously “80”–see subsection 11(b) of Road Transport (Amendment) Act 2020

***NOTE―Previously “107”–see subsection 11(c) of Road Transport (Amendment) Act 2020

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(2)

A person does not provide a specimen of breath for a breath test or for analysis unless the specimen is sufficient to enable the test or the analysis to be carried out and provided in such a way as to enable the objective of the test or analysis to be satisfactorily achieved.

(3)

(Repealed by Act A1065).