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ROAD TRANSPORT (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS) ACT 1977 - SECT 45

Requirement for screening test before arrest

    (1)     A police officer who has a screening device immediately available for use is not entitled to arrest without a warrant a person whom the officer suspects is guilty of an offence against section 24 (1) unless and until the officer has required that person to undergo a screening test and the person has undergone, or refused to undergo, the screening test.

    (2)     In this section:

"screening device" means the following:

        (a)     for alcohol—an alcohol screening device;

        (b)     for a prescribed drug—a drug screening device.

"screening test" means the following:

        (a)     for alcohol—an alcohol screening test;

        (b)     for a prescribed drug—a drug screening test.



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