Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) If only 1 sealed container of a particular person's blood that has been taken under section 15 or section 15AA and has been put in a one-way box for collection by an approved analyst, the analyst must arrange for the analysis of the blood at an approved laboratory to work out the concentration of alcohol in the blood.
(2) If 2 sealed containers of a particular person's blood have been put in a one-way box for collection by an approved analyst, the analyst must—
(a) arrange the analysis of the blood in 1 of the containers at an approved laboratory to work out the concentration of alcohol in the blood; and
(b) keep the other container sealed and under refrigeration until—
(i) the person, or another person authorised in writing by the firstmentioned person to collect the unanalysed blood sample, requests the analyst to give him or her that sample; or
(ii) 6 months after the blood was taken from the person ends;
whichever happens first.
(3) If a police officer has reasonable cause to suspect that—
(a) a person whose blood is referred to in this section has in his or her body a drug other than alcohol; or
(b) the behaviour of the person does not arise, or does not wholly arise, from the presence of alcohol in his or her body;
the police officer may ask an analyst to arrange for the analysis of the sample to work out the concentration in the blood of any drug other than alcohol.
(4) An analyst shall comply with a request under subsection (3).