Section 11: Detention of persons while affected by alcohol

Road Traffic Act 1972 · 1972 c. 20View on legislation.gov.uk

Part I: Principal Road Safety Provisions

Any person required to provide a specimen for a laboratory test under section 9(1) of this Act may thereafter be detained at the police station until he provides a specimen of breath for a breath test and it appears to a constable that the device by means of which the test is carried out indicates that the proportion of alcohol in that person's blood does not exceed the prescribed limit.

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