Road Traffic (Miscellaneous) Variation Regulations 2006 (SA)

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South Australia

Road Traffic (Miscellaneous) Variation Regulations 2006

under the Road Traffic Act 1961

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

  1. Short title

  2. Commencement

  3. Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of Road Traffic (Miscellaneous) Regulations 1999

  1. Substitution of heading to Part 2

  2. Variation of regulation 7—Approved blood test kit

  3. Insertion of regulation 8AA

    8AAPrescribed drugs

  4. Variation of regulation 8A—Conduct of breath analysis

  5. Variation of regulation 8B—Oral advice on refusal or failure to comply with alcotest or breath analysis direction

  6. Insertion of regulation 8C

    8COral advice on refusal or failure to comply with drug screening test, oral fluid analysis or blood test direction

  7. Variation of regulation 9—Oral advice and written notice on recording of positive breath analysis reading

  8. Variation of regulation 10—Request for approved blood test kit

  9. Variation of regulation 11—Procedures for voluntary blood test

  10. Substitution of regulation 12

    12Prescribed period for keeping blood samples and oral fluid samples

  11. Insertion of regulation 12A

    12AInformation to be included on analyst's certificate

  12. Insertion of Schedule 1A

    Schedule 1A—Prescribed oral advice

  13. Substitution of Schedule 1

    Schedule 1—Prescribed oral advice and written notice

  14. Substitution of Schedule 2

    Schedule 2—Form of request

  15. Substitution of Schedule 3

    Schedule 3—Form of certificate

  16. Variation of Schedule 9—Expiation Fees

Schedule 1—Transitional provision

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous) Variation Regulations 2006.

2—Commencement

These regulations will come into operation on the day that Part 2 of the Road Traffic (Drug Driving) Amendment Act 2005 comes into operation.

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 Road Traffic (Miscellaneous) Regulations 1999

4—Substitution of heading to Part 2

Heading to Part 2—delete the heading and substitute:

Part 2—Drink driving and drug driving

5—Variation of regulation 7—Approved blood test kit

Regulation 7—delete "Section 47G(2a)(b)" and substitute:

Section 47K(2a)(b)

6—Insertion of regulation 8AA

After regulation 8 insert:

8AA—Prescribed drugs

For the purposes of the definition of prescribed drug in section 47A(1) of the Act (Interpretation), the following are declared to be prescribed drugs:

(a)delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol;

(b)methylamphetamine.

7—Variation of regulation 8A—Conduct of breath analysis

Regulation 8A(1)—after "section 47E(2e)" insert:

of the Act (Police may require alcotest or breath analysis)

8—Variation of regulation 8B—Oral advice on refusal or failure to comply with alcotest or breath analysis direction

Regulation 8B—after "section 47E(4)(ab)" insert:

of the Act (Police may require alcotest or breath analysis)

9—Insertion of regulation 8C

After regulation 8B insert:

8C—Oral advice on refusal or failure to comply with drug screening test, oral fluid analysis or blood test direction

The prescribed oral advice for the purposes of section 47EAA(10)(b) of the Act (Police may require drug screening test, oral fluid analysis or blood test) is set out in Schedule 1A.

10—Variation of regulation 9—Oral advice and written notice on recording of positive breath analysis reading

  1. Regulation 9(1)—delete "section 47G(2a)(a)" and substitute:

    section 47K(2a)(a)

  2. Regulation 9(2)—delete "section 47G(2a)(a) of the Act" and substitute:

    section 47K(2a)(a) of the Act (Evidence etc)

11—Variation of regulation 10—Request for approved blood test kit

Regulation 10—delete "section 47G(2a)(b) of the Act" and substitute:

section 47K(2a)(b) of the Act (Evidence etc)

12—Variation of regulation 11—Procedures for voluntary blood test

  1. Regulation 11—delete "section 47G(1a) of the Act" and substitute:

    section 47K(1a) of the Act (Evidence etc)

  2. Regulation 11(a)—delete "section 47G(2a)(b)" and substitute:

    section 47K(2a)(b) of the Act (Evidence etc)

13—Substitution of regulation 12

Regulation 12—delete the regulation and substitute:

12—Prescribed period for keeping blood samples and oral fluid samples

For the purposes of clauses 2(e)(ii) and 7(e)(ii) of Schedule 1 of the Act, the prescribed period for which a container containing a sample of a person's blood or oral fluid (as the case requires) must be kept available for collection by or on behalf of that person is 12 months from the day on which the sample was taken from the person.

14—Insertion of regulation 12A

After regulation 12 insert:

12A—Information to be included on analyst's certificate

For the purposes of clause 7(f)(iv) of Schedule 1 of the Act, the required information in relation to any prescribed drug or drugs found to be present in the sample is information identifying the drug or drugs.

15—Insertion of Schedule 1A

After Schedule 1AA insert:

Schedule 1A—Prescribed oral advice

(Section 47EAA(10)(b))

16—Substitution of Schedule 1

Schedule 1—delete the Schedule and substitute:

Schedule 1—Prescribed oral advice and written notice

(Section 47K(2a)(a))

17—Substitution of Schedule 2

Schedule 2—delete the schedule and substitute:

Schedule 2—Form of request

(Section 47K(2a)(b))

18—Substitution of Schedule 3

Schedule 3—delete the schedule and substitute:

Schedule 3—Form of certificate

(Section 47K(1a) and regulation 11)

19—Variation of Schedule 9—Expiation Fees

Schedule 9 Part 2, table—after the entry related to section 47B(1) insert:

47BA(1)

Driving with prescribed drug in oral fluid or blood

$300

Schedule 1—Transitional provision

  1. A reference in a form purporting to be a form prescribed by these regulations to section 47G(1a), 47G(2a)(a) or 47G(2a)(b) of the Act will be taken to be a reference to section 47K(1a), 47K(2a)(a) or 47K(2a)(b) of the Act as appropriate.

  2. A reference on a blood test kit purporting to be an approved blood kit for the purposes of the Act to section 47G(2a)(b) of the Act will be taken to be a reference to section 47K(2a)(b) of the Act.

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 8 June 2006

No 72 of 2006

MTR04/043CS

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