Mental Health Commission (Amendment) Act, 2022 (Act 9 of 2022)

A BILL FOR AN ACT TO AMEND THE TRAFFIC ACT (2021 REVISION) TO CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF PRESCRIBED LIMIT; AND FOR INCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED PURPOSES

PUBLISHING DETAILS Sponsoring Ministry/Portfolio: Cabinet Office

Objects and Reasons

Memorandum of OBJECTS AND REASONS The Traffic (Amendment) Bill, 2022 amends the Traffic Act (2021 Revision) to change the definition of prescribed limit and provide for related transitional provisions. Clause 1 provides the short title of the legislation. Clause 2 amends section 2 of the Traffic Act (2021 Revision) to change the prescribed limit in relation to the proportion of alcohol in a person’s breath, blood and urine. Clause 3 contains transitional provisions in relation to the proceedings in respect of certain offences committed or alleged to have been committed in contravention of the prescribed limit.

Clause 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT TO AMEND THE TRAFFIC ACT (2021 REVISION) TO CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF PRESCRIBED LIMIT; AND FOR INCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED PURPOSES ENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands. Short title This Act may be cited as the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2022. Amendment of section 2 of the Traffic Act (2021 Revision) - interpretation The Traffic Act (2021 Revision) is amended in section 2 by deleting the definition of the words “prescribed limit” and substituting the following definition — “ “prescribed limit” means — (a) thirty-one microgrammes of alcohol in one hundred millilitres of breath; (b) seventy milligrammes of alcohol in one hundred millilitres of blood; or ninety-four milligrammes of alcohol in one hundred millilitres of urine, or such other proportion as may be prescribed by regulations;”.

Clause 3

Transitional provisions All proceedings in respect of offences committed or alleged to have been committed against or under section 82, 83 or 84 of the Traffic Act (2021 Revision) and which commenced prior to the commencement of this amending Act shall be continued as if this amending Act had not come into force. Passed by the Parliament the day of , 2022.

Speaker

Clerk of the Parliament