Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 113:

In page 63, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following:

84. (1) In this Part—

"analysis" includes any operation used in determining the presence (if any) of a drug in a specimen of blood or urine, and cognate words shall be construed accordingly;

"analysis body" means a person who, in the opinion of a railway undertaking concerned and the Commission, is competent to carry out an analysis of a sample and is independent of the railway undertaking concerned and of any other railway undertaking;

"authorised person" means a person appointed to be an authorised person under section 94;

"code of conduct" means the code of conduct drawn up by a railway undertaking under section 87(1)(a) or amended under section 87(10) and accepted by the Commission under section 87 (5);

"drug" includes all drugs whether legally obtained or otherwise;

"railway undertaking" means a railway undertaking to which this Part applies;

"safety critical task" has the meaning assigned to it in Part 10;

"safety critical worker" has the meaning assigned to it in Part 10;

"sample" means the provision of a specimen of blood or urine in accordance with sampling procedures;

"sampling procedures" means procedures established under section 87(1)(b) or amended under section 87(10)2 and accepted by the Commission under section 87(5).

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