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Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 1995: committee stage
Following is the speech by the Secretary for Transport, Mr Haider Barma, at the committee stage of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 1995 in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Mr Chairman,
I move the amendments set out under my name in the paper circulated to Members.
The amendment to the new section 39B(2) seeks to standardise the wording used, so that "reasonable cause to suspect" will be a pre-condition in all cases before a police officer may require a person to provide a specimen of breath for a screening breath test.
The amendments to the new sections 39C, 39D and 39E are minor textual refinements,
The amendment to the new section 39E(3) requires a medical practitioner to state in writing his diagnosis justifying any objection he may have to his patient providing a specimen of breath, blood or urine for testing.
All these amendments have been discussed and agreed by the Bills Committee.
Mr Chairman, I beg to move.
End/Wednesday, June 7, 1995