[93CPreliminary impairment testU.K.
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(1)A preliminary impairment test is a procedure under which a service policeman—
(a)observes the [affected] person performing tasks specified by the service policeman; and
(b)makes such other observations of the [affected] person's physical state as the service policeman thinks expedient.
(2)A preliminary impairment test may be administered only—
(a)at or near the place where the requirement to co-operate with the test is imposed;
(b)at a service police establishment determined by the service policeman; or
(c)at a medical establishment.
(3)The Provost Marshals (acting jointly) must issue, and may from time to time revise, a code of practice about—
(a)the kind of task that may be specified for the purposes of a preliminary impairment test;
(b)the kind of observation of physical state that may be made in the course of a preliminary impairment test;
(c)the way in which a preliminary impairment test should be administered; and
(d)the inferences that may be drawn by a service policeman from observations made in the course of a preliminary impairment test.
(4)In subsection (3) “the Provost Marshals” means the Provost Marshals of each of the service police forces.
(5)A service policeman administering a preliminary impairment test must have regard to the code of practice.
(6)A service policeman may administer a preliminary impairment test only if the service policeman is approved for that purpose by a Provost Marshal of a service police force.
(7)A code of practice under this section may include provision about—
(a)the giving of approval under subsection (6); and
(b)in particular, the kind of training that a service policeman should have undergone, or the kind of qualification that a service policeman should possess, before being approved under that subsection.]