AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

MOTOR TRAFFIC (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

No. 26 of 1985

The Motor Traffic (Alcohol and Drugs) Ordinance 1977 establishes a framework for the analysis of the breath of person suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol.

The Motor Traffic (Alcohol and Drugs) Regulations (Amendments) amend the existing Regulations under the Motor Traffic (Alcohol and Drugs) Ordinance 1977 so as to allow approved operators o the ‘Model 1000’ breathalysers to use their own breath in test cycles of that machine.

Details of the Regulations are set out below.

Regulation 1 is a definition regulation.

Regulation 2 amends existing regulation 3 to prevent unmeritorious objections to a standard alcohol solution which has had breath passed through it.

Regulation 3 amends existing regulation 4 to enable an approved operator to use his or her own breath in a test cycle of the ‘model 1000’ Breathalyzer.

Regulation 4 amends existing regulation 5 to enable an approved operator to use his or her own breath in test cycles of the ‘model 1000’ Breathlyzer.

Regulation 5 amends Schedule 1 to the existing regulations to enable an approved operator to use his or her own breath in test cycles of the ‘model 1000’ Breathalyzer.