10Testing for drugs and alcohol

10 Testing for drugs and alcohol

(1)  For the purposes of this section –

applicable provisions means –

(a) Part I of the Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1970 ; and

(b) [Section 10 Subsection (1) amended by No. 37 of 2020, s. 4, Applied:17 Nov 2020] Division 2 of Part II (excluding section 14 ) of that Act; and

(ba) [Section 10 Subsection (1) amended by No. 37 of 2020, s. 4, Applied:17 Nov 2020] section 14 of that Act other than section 14(1B)(b) ; and

(c) Part III of that Act –

as in force from time to time.

(2)  Without limiting the application of the Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1970 to a rail safety worker otherwise than by virtue of this section, the applicable provisions of the Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1970 , with the appropriate modifications, apply to, and in relation to, a rail safety worker carrying out, or attempting to carry out, rail safety work.

(3)  The appropriate modifications of the applicable provisions of the Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1970 are as follows:

(a) in section 2(1) of the applicable provisions the words "a concentration of 0.05 of a gram of alcohol in 210 litres of breath or a concentration of 0.05 of a gram of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood" in the definition of prescribed concentration are to be taken to be the words "any concentration of alcohol in the blood";