Exceed PCA Melbourne

What the Law states - Exceed PCA Melbourne

Road Safety Act 1986 - SECT 49

Offences involving alcohol or other drugs

49. Offences involving alcohol or other drugs

(1) A person is guilty of an offence if he or she- 

(g)  has had a sample of blood taken from him or her in accordance with section 55, 55B, 55E or 56 within 3 hours after driving or being in charge of a motor vehicle and-

(i)  the sample has been analysed within 12 months after it was taken by a properly qualified analyst within the meaning of section 57 and the analyst has found that at the time of analysis the prescribed concentration of alcohol or more than the prescribed concentration of alcohol was present in that sample; and

(ii) the concentration of alcohol found by the analyst to be present in that sample was not due solely to the consumption of alcohol after driving or being in charge of the motor vehicle;

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