Road Traffic Act, 1994

Functions and duties of Bureau.

6.—Section 38 of the Act of 1968 is hereby amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following subsections for subsections (1) and (2):

“(1) The Bureau shall perform the functions assigned to it by or under this Act or the Road Traffic Act, 1994.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Bureau shall, subject to the establishment order and to any regulations under Part III of the Road Traffic Act, 1994, arrange for—

(a) the receipt and analysis of specimens of blood and urine forwarded to the Bureau under Part III of the Road Traffic Act, 1994, and the issue of reports on such analyses,

(b) the determination, in respect of such specimens, of the concentration of alcohol in the blood or urine and of the presence (if any) of a drug or drugs in the blood or urine,

(c) the issue of certificates required under Part III of the Road Traffic Act, 1994, to be issued by the Bureau,

(d) the provision of equipment for the taking of such specimens,

(e) the approval of—

(i) apparatus for indicating the presence of alcohol, and

(ii) apparatus for determining the concentration of alcohol,

in the breath.”, and

(b) in subsection (4), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):

“(a) arrange for the supply and testing of—

(i) apparatus for indicating the presence of alcohol, and

(ii) apparatus for determining the concentration of alcohol,

in the breath,”.