Interpretation of sections 74 to 80

(1) The following provisions apply for the interpretation of (2) In those sections“drug” includes any intoxicant other than alcohol; “fail” includes refuse; “hospital” means an institution which provides medical or surgical treatment for in-patients or out-patients; “the prescribed limit” means, as the case may require, (a) 80 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood; or (b) 107 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 milliliters of urine, or such other proportion as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Minister; and “police officer” includes a traffic warden. (3) A person provides a specimen of blood if, and only if, he consents to its being taken by a registered medical practitioner or a registered nurse and it is so taken.