S.I. No. 193/1978 - Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1978 (Part III) Regulations, 1978.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the

Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1978

(Part III) Regulations, 1978.

2. The form to be completed under

section 21

of the

Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1978

, by a designated registered medical practitioner shall be in the form set out in the First Schedule to these Regulations.

3. The Certificate to be issued by the Medical Bureau of Road Safety under

section 22

of the

Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1978

, shall be in the form set out in the Second Schedule to these Regulations.

4. The Regulations set out in the Third Schedule to these Regulations are hereby revoked.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Form to be completed by a designated registered medical practitioner under

section 21

of the

Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1978

.

1.

Name and address of the person from whom the specimen to which this form relates was taken, or who provided the specimen.

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2.

Nature of specimen. (Insert "blood" or "urine" as appropriate.)

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3.

Garda station at which specimen was taken or provided.

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4.

Date on which specimen was taken or provided.

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5.

Time at which specimen was taken or provided.

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I, the under-signed designated registered medical practitioner—

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took from the person named at 1 above the blood specimen

or (delete whichever is not appropriate)

obtained from the person named at 1 above the specimen of his urine

to which this form relates.

I divided the specimen into two parts. I placed each part in a container, which I forthwith sealed. I labeled each container with the name of the person and the date. I gave both containers to a member of the Garda Síochána.

Signature of designated registered medical practitioner.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

Certificate to be issued by the Medical Bureau of Road Safety under

section 22

of the

Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1978

. Particulars relating to specimen received for analysis, as shown on the form completed by designated registered medical practitioner

1.

Name and address of person from whom the specimen was taken or who provided the specimen.

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2.

Nature of specimen. (Insert "blood" or "urine" as appropriate.)

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3.

Garda station at which specimen was taken or provided.

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4.

Date on which specimen was taken or provided.

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5.

Time at which specimen was taken or provided.

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The Medical Bureau of Road Safety certifies that on analysis by the Bureau the specimen to which the above particulars relate contained a concentration of .................. milligrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood

or

urine.

(Delete whichever is not appropriate.)

Signature of person who carried out the analysis .............................

Date ........................

The seal of the Medical Bureau of Road Safety was affixed hereto this ...............day of.............................. in the presence of

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(Chairman or member of the Bureau duly authorised by the Bureau to act in that behalf)

and

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(Director, or deputy Director or other officer duly authorised by the Bureau to act in that behalf).

THIRD SCHEDULE.

The

Road Traffic Act, 1968

(Part V) Regulations, 1969 (

S.I. No. 196 of 1969

).

The

Road Traffic Act, 1968

(Part V) (Amendment) Regulations, 1973 (

S.I. No. 138 of 1973

).

The

Road Traffic Act, 1968

(Part V) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1973 (

S.I. No. 221 of 1973

).

The

Road Traffic Act, 1968

(Part V) (Amendment) Regulations, 1974 (

S.I. No. 336 of 1974

).

The

Road Traffic Act, 1968

(Part V) (Amendment) Regulations, 1976 (

S.I. No. 240 of 1976

).

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the

Environment this11th day of July, 1978.

SYLVESTER BARRETT,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations prescribe for the purposes of Part III of the

Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1978

, the forms to be completed by the medical practitioner and by the Medical Bureau of Road Safety in relation to specimens of blood or urine, and revoke Regulations made under Part V of the

Road Traffic Act, 1968

.

S.I. No. 193 of 1978.

ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1978 (PART III) REGULATIONS, 1978.

The Minister for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

section 5

of the

Road Traffic Act, 1961

(No. 24 of 1961) and

section 26

of the

Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 1978

, hereby makes the following Regulations