Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Land Transport (Blood Test Fee) Notice 2010

Pursuant to section 67(2) of the Land Transport Act 1998, the Minister of Police gives the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. Title-This notice is the Land Transport (Blood Test Fee) Notice 2010.
2 Commencement-This notice comes into force 28 days following notice in the New Zealand Gazette.
3 Blood test fee (alcohol)-For the purposes of section 67 of the Land Transport Act 1998, the prescribed blood test fee to determine whether or not alcohol is present in a blood specimen is $93.00 (inclusive of any goods and services tax payable).
4. Blood test fee (specified controlled drugs)-For the purposes of section 67 of the Land Transport Act 1998,
the prescribed blood test fee to determine whether or not a controlled drug specified in Schedule 1 (except Thalidomide), Schedule 2 (except Methadone and Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB)), or Part 1, 4, or 7 of Schedule 3 (except Benzylpiperazine (BZP)) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 is present in a blood specimen, is $670.00 (inclusive of any goods and services tax payable).
5. Blood test fee (prescription medicine)1-For the purposes of section 67 of the Land Transport Act 1998,
the prescribed blood test fee to determine whether or not
a prescription medicine is present in a blood specimen is $395.00 (inclusive of any goods and services tax payable).
6. Blood test fee (specified drugs)2-For the purposes of section 67 of the Land Transport Act 1998, the prescribed blood test fee to determine whether any of the specified drugs listed below are present in a blood specimen is $395.00 (inclusive of any goods and services tax payable):
Alprazolam
Bromazepam
Brotizolam
Camazepam
Chlordiazepoxide
Clobazam
Clonazepam
Clotiazepam
Cloxazolam
Delorazepam
Diazepam
Estazolam
Ethyl loflazepate
Fludiazepam
Flunitrazepam
Flurazepam
Halazepam
Haloxazolam
Ketazolam
Loprazolam
Lorazepam
Lormetazepam
Medazepam
Midazolam
Nimetazepam
Nitrazepam
Nordazepam
Oxazepam
Oxazolam
Pinazepam
Prazepam
Temazepam
Tetrazepam
Triazolam.
7. Blood test fee (Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB)2-For the purposes of section 67 of the Land Transport Act 1998, the prescribed blood test fee to determine whether Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) is present in a blood specimen is $595.00 (inclusive of any goods and services tax payable).
8. Blood test fee (Methadone)2-For the purposes of section 67 of the Land Transport Act 1998, the prescribed blood test fee to determine whether Methadone is present in a blood specimen is $395.00 (inclusive of any goods and services tax payable).
9. Blood test fee (Propoxyphene)2-For the purposes of section 67 of the Land Transport Act 1998, the prescribed blood test fee to determine whether Propoxyphene is present in a blood specimen is $395.00 (inclusive of any goods and services tax payable).
10. Blood test fee (Benzylpiperazine (BZP))2-For the purposes of section 67 of the Land Transport Act 1998,
the prescribed blood test fee to determine whether Benzylpiperazine (BZP) is present in a blood specimen is $395.00 (inclusive of any goods and services tax payable).
11. Revocation-The Land Transport (Blood Test Fee) Notice 2001 (SR 2001/417)* is consequentially revoked.
Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of August 2010.
HON JUDITH COLLINS, Minister of Police.
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Explanatory Notes
1For the purposes of this notice, prescription medicine has the same meaning as in section 3(3) of the Medicines Act 1981.
2Includes any controlled drug analogue (within the meaning of controlled drug analogue in section 2(1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975).
*Supplement to New Zealand Gazette, 21 December 2001, No. 174, page 4251