Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NAVIGATION ACT 1912 - SECT 386J

             (1)  The regulations may make provision for the Authority to approve:

                     (a)  breath analysis machines designed and constructed to ascertain the concentration of alcohol present in a sample of a person's breath and capable of recording that concentration in grams per 100 millilitres of blood; and

                     (b)  operators to carry out breath analysis using breath analysis machines; and

                     (c)  persons to whom declarations under section 386G must be given; and

                     (d)  laboratories to carry out analysis of urine and blood samples obtained by medical practitioners.

             (2)  The regulations may make provision for the procedure to be undertaken:

                     (a)  by a medical practitioner in taking a sample of blood from a person; or

                     (b)  by an approved operator in obtaining a sample of a person's breath; or

                     (c)  by an authorised person or by a medical practitioner in taking a sample of urine or a mouth swab from a person.