Rail Safety National Law (South Australia) (Drug and Alcohol Testing) Variation Regulations 2014 (SA)

South Australia

Rail Safety National Law (South Australia) (Drug and Alcohol Testing) Variation Regulations 2014

under the Rail Safety National Law (South Australia) Act 2012

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1            Short title

2            Commencement

3            Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of Rail Safety National Law (South Australia) (Drug and Alcohol Testing) Regulations 2012

4            Variation of regulation 4—Conduct of breath analysis

5            Variation of regulation 8—Procedures for voluntary blood test

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Rail Safety National Law (South Australia) (Drug and Alcohol Testing) Variation Regulations 2014.

2—Commencement

These regulations come into operation on the day on which they are made.

3—Variation provisions

In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Rail Safety National Law (South Australia) (Drug and Alcohol Testing) Regulations 2012

4—Variation of regulation 4—Conduct of breath analysis

Regulation 4(1)—delete "preliminary breath test or breath analysis (or both)" and substitute:

breath analysis

5—Variation of regulation 8—Procedures for voluntary blood test

1. Regulation 8(1)(j)—delete paragraph (j) and substitute:

   (j)a copy of the signed certificate must be delivered by the medical practitioner together with the other sealed container containing part of the blood sample to a police officer or an approved delivery person;

   (ja)a police officer to whom a copy of the signed certificate and the other sealed container is delivered under paragraph (j) must deliver the copy and container to Forensic Science SA or to an approved delivery person;

   (jb)an approved delivery person to whom a copy of the signed certificate and the other sealed container is delivered under this subregulation must deliver the copy and container to Forensic Science SA;

2. Regulation 8—after subregulation (2) insert:

   (3)In subregulation (1)—

   approved delivery person means a person approved by the Commissioner of Police as a courier for the purposes of Schedule 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1961.

Note—

As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.

Made by the Governor

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 18 September 2014

No 242 of 2014

MTR/14/030