C2Part I Principal Road Safety Provisions

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Motor vehicles: drink and drugs

C16AF1Preliminary breath test

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 Secretary of State, 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 section 6(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 section 6(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.