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38. Functions and duties of the Bureau.

(1) The Bureau shall perform the functions assigned to it by or under this Act or the Road Traffic Act, 1994.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Bureau shall, subject to the establishment order and to any regulations under Part III of the Road Traffic Act, 1994, arrange for -

(a) the receipt and analysis of specimens of blood and urine forwarded to the Bureau under Part III of the Road Traffic Act, 1994, and the issue of reports on such analyses,

(b) the determination, in respect of such specimens, of the concentration of alcohol in the blood or urine and of the presence (if any) of a drug or drugs in the blood or urine,

(c) the issue of certificates required under Part III of the Road Traffic Act, 1994, to be issued by the Bureau,

(d) the provision of equipment for the taking of such specimens,

(e) the approval of -

(i) apparatus for indicating the presence of alcohol, and

(ii) apparatus for determining the concentration of alcohol,

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