§ Mr. Kenneth Clarkeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Government propose to seek to remove the right to elect for trial by jury for breathalyser offences; and, if so, when.
§ Dr. SummerskillRefusal, without reasonable excuse, to provide a specimen of breath has always been a purely summary offence. The right to claim jury trial for the offence of driving with a blood-alcohol concentration above the prescribed limit is removed by the Criminal Law Act 1977, the relevant provisions of which come into force on 17th July.