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Published: 20 August 2025

Drug Driving Update - 7 August 2025

Keywords : Section 4 section 5A outsourcing demand toxicology COPFS

Report Summary

This report provides members of the Forensic Services Committee with an overview of the Drug Driving Update.

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Meeting

The publication discussed was referenced in the meeting below

Forensic Services Committee - 7 August 2025

Date : 07 August 2025

Location : Online


Performance

Internal performance for Section 5a cases remains on target with the rolling average meeting the 95% target and, the Q1 average reporting at 99.67%.

Internal performance for Section 4 cases continues to improve with all Section 4 cases completed in Q1 meeting the 90-day target.

The proportion of Section 4 work sits at around 3% of our total drug driving caseload – a low proportion of the total drug driving workload.


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