Terms used
3 Terms used
In these regulations —
analyst means a person authorised under regulation 26H(2);
authorised breath tester has the meaning given in regulation 26D(1);
authorised sample collector means a medical practitioner, a registered nurse or a phlebotomist;
blood alcohol content means the concentration of alcohol in a person’s blood, expressed in grams of alcohol per 100 ml of blood;
blood sampling equipment has the meaning given in regulation 26F(1);
Breath Analysis Regulations means the Road Traffic (Breath Analysis) Regulations 1975;
breath test means a test of a sample of a reportable offender’s breath under section 94B(2)(a) of the Act by means of breath testing equipment;
breath testing equipment means a type of apparatus that is approved under the Road Traffic Act 1974 section 72(2)(a) or (b);
Department of Justice means the department of the Public Service principally assisting in the administration of the Prisons Act 1981;
foreign court means a court of a foreign jurisdiction;
medical practitioner means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) in the medical profession;
phlebotomist means the holder of a current certificate of competency in phlebotomy issued by an Australian public hospital or teaching facility;
recognised order means a corresponding protection order recognised under regulation 23(1);
registered nurse means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) in the nursing profession whose name is entered on Division 1 of the Register of Nurses kept under that Law as a registered nurse;
registrar has the same meaning as it has in —
the Children’s Court of Western Australia Act 1988; or
the District Court of Western Australia Act 1969,
as the case requires;
relevant court, in relation to a corresponding protection order, means —
if the order is made by a foreign court that corresponds to the Children’s Court — the Children’s Court;
otherwise, the District Court;
urine sampling equipment has the meaning given in regulation 26F(1).
[Regulation 3 inserted: Gazette 1 Jun 2007 p. 2525‑6; amended: Gazette 8 Nov 2013 p. 4995-7; 13 Nov 2018 p. 4433; SL 2021/57 r. 4; SL 2025/142 r. 4.]
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