New Zealand Legislation: Bills

4 Interpretation

• (1) The definition of blood test in section 2(1) is amended by omitting “taking of a blood specimen for analysis” and substituting “analysis of a blood specimen”.

  (2) The definition of blood test fee in section 2(1) is amended by omitting “the blood test fee” and substituting “the fee for the analysis of a blood specimen”.

  (3) Section 2(1) is amended by inserting the following definitions in their appropriate alphabetical order:

  “compulsory impairment test means a test, carried out in a manner prescribed by the Minister of Police by notice in the Gazette, to determine whether a person’s capacity to drive is impaired

  “controlled drug—

  • “(a) means any substance, preparation, mixture, or article specified in Schedule 1 (except thalidomide), Schedule 2, or Part 1, 4, or 7 of Schedule 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975; and

  • “(b) includes any controlled drug analogue (within the meaning of controlled drug analogue in section 2(1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975); and

  • “(c) excludes any substance, preparation, mixture, or article specified by regulations made under this Act

  “health practitioner has the same meaning as in section 5 of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

  “medical expenses means the expenses incurred by a medical practitioner or medical officer in taking a blood specimen

  “parking warden means a person appointed to hold the office of parking warden under section 7(1) of the Transport Act 1962

  “prescription medicine has the same meaning as in section 3(3) of the Medicines Act 1981”.