Yn ddilys o 15/11/2007
17A.—(1) A preliminary breath test is a procedure whereby the person to whom the test is administered provides a specimen of breath to be used for the purpose of obtaining, by means of a device of a type approved by the Department, an indication whether the proportion of alcohol in the person's breath or blood is likely to exceed the prescribed limit.
(2) A preliminary breath test administered in reliance on Article 17(2) to (4) may be administered only at or near the place where the requirement to co-operate with the test is imposed.
(3) A preliminary breath test administered in reliance on Article 17(5) may be administered–
(a)at or near the place where the requirement to co-operate with the test is imposed, or
(b)if the constable who imposes the requirement thinks it expedient, at a police station specified by him.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (1) a device shall be treated as of a type approved by the Department where a statement that the Department has approved a device of that type is included in the Belfast Gazette.]
F1Arts. 17 - 17E substituted (15.11.2007) for art. 17 by Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/916 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 14; S.R. 2007/454, art. 2, Sch.