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Road Traffic

29 May 2008 / Peter Hungerford-welch
Issue: 7323 / Categories: Case law , Local government , Public , Law digest
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Plackett v Director of Public Prosecutions [2008] All ER (D) 194 (May)

 

Once a police officer has decided that he will give a drink-drive suspect the opportunity to consult a solicitor in respect of the requirement (under s 7(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988) to provide two specimens of breath, it is incumbent on the officer to allow the suspect to take the test in the normal way, notwithstanding any earlier refusal.

 

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