Road Traffic Act, 1968

Regulations for sections 27 to 46.

47.—(1) The Minister may make regulations for the purpose of giving effect to sections 27 to 46.

(2) Regulations under this section may, in particular and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), provide for or prescribe all or any of the following matters:

(a) the procedure to be followed when a specimen is being taken or provided under section 30 or section 33 and before the forwarding of a specimen of blood or urine to the Bureau, and the manner of taking or providing such a specimen;

(b) the forms of certificates and statements to be issued under sections 43 and 45 and the specifying of the persons by whom certificates and statements under sections 43 (3) and 45 (2) shall be issued;

(c) the procedure to be followed in the forwarding to the Bureau of specimens and certificates under section 43 and the procedure to be followed upon receipt by the Bureau of such specimens and certificates;

(d) the specifying of the persons by whom determinations under sections 43 (2) and 45 (1) shall be made;

(e) the preservation of records and other documents and of specimens received by the Bureau;

(f) the inclusion, in every certificate and statement issued under section 43 (3) or 45 (2) and relating to a specimen of urine, of a statement that the concentration of alcohol in the urine as determined under this Act is equivalent to a specified concentration of alcohol in the blood;

(g) the method by which the equivalence referred to in paragraph (f) shall be calculated;

(h) the procedure to be followed in the furnishing of equipment or apparatus to the Garda Síochána for the taking or providing of specimens of blood or urine under this Part and the procedure to be followed and the methods to be used by the Bureau in the analysis of specimens so taken or provided, including the determination by the Bureau of those methods;

(i) the caution to be given before a requisition is made under section 30 or 33;

(j) the procedure and methods to be used in determinations under section 43 (2) and section 45 (1).