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TRAFFIC ACT - SECT 29AAM

Licence suspension for up to 24 hours

29AAM. Licence suspension for up to 24 hours

(1) Subject to the Regulations, if a person is:

(a) arrested under section 29AAF(4); or

(b) taken to a hospital or a health centre under section 29AAG;

for the purpose of having a sample of blood taken for analysis to determine if the person's blood contains a prohibited drug, a police officer may, before the person is released from custody or departs the hospital or health centre, give the person a notice under this section.

(2) The notice must be in an approved form and:

(a) has the effect that the person's licence is suspended immediately the person is given the notice; and

(b) must inform the person that he or she is disqualified from driving;

for the period, not exceeding 24 hours, specified in the notice.

(3) A notice under this section cannot be challenged or reviewed in any court.

(4) A police officer who gives a person a notice under this section must provide details of the notice, and the person to whom it was given, to the Registrar without delay.



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