Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS) ACT 1977 - SECT 16A

    (1)     If only 1 sealed container of a particular person's body sample has been put in a one-way box under section 16 (8), the analyst by whom it is collected must arrange for analysis of the sample at an approved laboratory to ascertain—

        (a)     whether any drug other than alcohol was present in the person's body when the sample was taken; and

        (b)     if any such drug is found to have been present—the concentration, quantity or other measurement of that drug; and

        (c)     if the sample is of the person's blood—the concentration of alcohol in the blood.

    (2)     If 2 sealed containers of a particular person's body samples have been put in a one-way box under section 16 (8), the analyst by whom they have been collected shall—

        (a)     arrange for analysis of the sample in 1 of the containers in accordance with subsection (1); and

        (b)     keep the other container sealed and under refrigeration until—

              (i)     the person, or another person authorised by the firstmentioned person, requests the analyst to give him or her the sample; or

              (ii)     6 months have elapsed since the sample was taken from the person.