Luxton CameronCAMERON LUXTON (ACT): Thank you Mr Speaker. The main purpose of this bill is to replace the current regime with a new much more robust and effective roadside oral fluid screening regime. Now it's really important that people feel safe on the roads as the previous speakers have alluded to. This legislation is intended to keep our roads clear of unsafe drivers. Even if it's only 7 percent of crashes that's still a significant number. New Zealanders want to be able to head out on the roads and feel a bit more secure out there. Look the new provisions for the approval criteria of oral fluid devices for screening purposes as well as changes being made to the laboratory analysis following a positive initial screening result are improvements. The previous speaker member Genter mentioned that ACT has previously opposed this bill and that was due to insufficient results produced by older tests. We now have provisions within this bill to provide for at least two oral tests followed by an evidentiary laboratory test of oral fluid sample being sent off for analysis. There are changes being made to the legislative settings that will prevent the implementation of oral roads that will have prevente-ted—ughh! There is the change that has previously prevented the implementation of oral roadside fluid drug-testing. That was me trying to clear my thoughts so that I could continue after slurring through some terribly terrible pronunciation from my lack of education perhaps. There are no devices that were able to be approved by the Minister of Police under section 71G of the Act. The bill replaces the section in the Act with new approval criteria which will allow the Minister of Police to approve an oral fluid screening device for the purpose of detecting one or more qualifying drugs or one or more family of qualifying drugs. It also includes provisions that allow the Minister of Police to approve a device if satisfied—[Chris Penk gives him a glass of water] I really appreciate that thank you. Mark Cameron: That's a nice man right there.CAMERON LUXTON: He's a great man and a great Minister. It also includes provisions that the concentration level at which the device will appear positive is clear and accurate.In the Act it's provided for an infringement notice as a result of the analysis carried out by an approved laboratory rather than just the roadside test. We believe these amendments have resolved some of the apprehension we had with the previous bill. Part 9 of the bill also allows for amendment to be reviewed no earlier than three years but no later than four. This review assesses the impacts of the amendments the reliability of screening tests in assessing a person's impairment; whether appropriate thresholds and impairment levels have been set; whether the amendments have been appropriately implemented by New Zealand Police and other relevant entities; whether Māori and Pasifika people have been disproportionately affected; if the amount as far as can be assessed who are driving well impaired has changed since before the amendments came into force. There are other aspects to the report but we hope that this offers some assurance in this Government that this Government is taking safety on our roads seriously.Safety on our roads has always been a priority and will continue to be for this coalition Government. We're happy to see these changes and I think as I've mentioned it is a positive change. ACT is going to be supporting this bill especially through first reading. I would just like to actually comment as being a member of the Transport and Infrastructure Committee that I would expect to see submitters would want to comment on some aspects of the bill moving forward. One thing that I think would be interesting to hear from submitters is how they see the comparison between the new oral screening tests and the old ones and the rates of accuracy which they provide. I'm going to be very excited and I welcome some robust discussion on this point. The ACT Party supports this legislation because Kiwis deserve to feel safe on the roads.