Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS) ACT 1977 - SECT 9

    If a motor vehicle is involved in an accident on a public street or in a public place, a police officer may require a person to undergo a screening test in accordance with the directions of that officer—

        (a)     if the police officer has reasonable cause to suspect that the person was the driver of the motor vehicle at the time of the accident; or

        (b)     if—

              (i)     the police officer does not know or has doubt as to who was the driver of the motor vehicle at the time of the accident; and

              (ii)     the police officer has reasonable cause to suspect that the person was in the vehicle at the time of the accident.