Intoxicating Substances Act 1987 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Evidence and Enforcement
14. Presumption of misuse of intoxicating substance
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A person is presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have used or inhaled any intoxicating substance for the purpose of inducing or causing in himself or herself a state of intoxication if the specimen of blood provided by him or her under section 13 is certified by —
intoxicating substance
“intoxicating substance” means any substance having the property of releasing toxic vapours or fumes which contain any chemical compound specified in the Schedule and which when inhaled induces or causes a state of intoxication;
an analyst employed by the Health Sciences Authority; or
any other person that the Minister may appoint,to contain an amount of any chemical compound specified in the first column of the Schedule in excess of the amount specified in the second column of the Schedule in relation to that chemical compound.
An appointment under subsection (1)(b) must be published in the Gazette.