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2014 No. 2868

Road Traffic, England And Wales

The Drug Driving (Specified Limits) (England and Wales) Regulations 2014

Made

24th October 2014

Coming into force

2nd March 2015

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 5A of the Road Traffic Act 1988( 1 ) and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 195(2) of that Act.

A draft of these Regulations was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 195(4)( 2 ) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Citation, commencement and extent

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Drug Driving (Specified Limits) (England and Wales) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 2nd March 2015.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

Specified controlled drugs and specified limits for the purposes of section 5A of the Road Traffic Act 1988

2. The table below specifies the controlled drugs( 3 ) and, in each case, the limit in blood for the purposes of the offence in section 5A of the Road Traffic Act 1988.

Table

Controlled drug Limit (microgrammes per litre of blood)
Benzoylecgonine 50
Clonazepam 50
Cocaine 10
Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol 2
Diazepam 550
Flunitrazepam 300
Ketamine 20
Lorazepam 100
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide 1
Methadone 500
Methylamphetamine 10
Methylenedioxymethamphetamine 10
6-Monoacetylmorphine 5
Morphine 80
Oxazepam 300
Temazepam 1000

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Robert Goodwill

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

24th October 2014

( 1 )

1988 c. 52 ; section 5A was inserted by section 56(1) of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c.22) .

( 2 )

Section 195(4) was amended by section 56(3) of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 and regulation 4 of S.I. 1992/3105 .

( 3 )

Section 11(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 provides that the term “controlled drug” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (c.38) . The definition of “controlled drug” was inserted into the Road Traffic Act 1988 by section 56(2) of the Crime and Courts Act 2013.

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