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Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999
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#### 236E Definitions
236E Definitions
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> > authorised person means a person appointed in accordance with the regulations to be an authorised person for the purposes of this Division.
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> > breath analysing instrument means any instrument approved by the Governor by order under the [Road Transport Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-018) as such an instrument, that is, an instrument designed to ascertain, by analysis of a person’s breath, the concentration of alcohol present in the person’s breath or blood.
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> > breath analysis means a test carried out by a breath analysing instrument for the purpose of ascertaining, by analysis of a person’s breath, the concentration of alcohol present in that person’s breath or blood.
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> > breath test means a test—
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> > > (a) that is designed to indicate the concentration of alcohol in a person’s breath or blood, or whether a particular concentration of alcohol is or may be present in a person’s breath or blood, and
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> > > (b) that is carried out on the person’s breath by means of a device (not being a breath analysing instrument) of a type approved by the Governor for the conduct of breath tests under the [Road Transport Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-018).
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> > hospital means a public or private hospital, and includes any premises, institution or establishment prescribed by the regulations as a hospital for the purposes of this Division.
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> > member of correctional staff means a correctional officer or any other person who is employed in Corrective Services NSW.
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> > prohibited drug has the same meaning as in the [Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1985-226).
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> > steroid means anabolic and androgenic steroidal agents included in Schedule 4 of the Poisons List under the [Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1966-031).
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> > (2) Subject to the regulations, section 109 (Measurement of alcohol concentrations) of the [Road Transport Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-018) applies in relation to the measurement of the concentration of alcohol in a person’s breath or blood for the purposes of this Division and the regulations in the same way as it applies for the purposes of that Act.
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> **s 236E:** Ins 2002 No 79, Sch 1 \[14\]. Am 2004 No 55, Sch 2.8; 2004 No 94, Sch 1 \[66\]; 2007 No 99, Sch 2.3 \[1\] \[2\]; 2008 No 108, Sch 1 \[28\]; 2013 No 19, Sch 4.9 \[1\] \[2\].