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PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACT 2008 - SECT 135 Authorisation for tests

PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACT 2008 - SECT 135

Authorisation for tests

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     the Chief Health Officer could make an order in respect of a person under section 134; and

        (b)     a sample of blood or urine from that person has been stored at any place for any purpose; and

        (c)     the Chief Health Officer is satisfied that, if the sample of blood or urine was authorised to be tested and was tested under this section, it could still be used for the purpose for which it was originally stored.

    (2)     If this section applies, the Chief Health Officer may authorise the testing of the sample of blood or urine for any disease for which the Chief Health Officer could order the person to be tested under section 134.

    (3)     Sections 134(2), 134(7), 134(8) and 134(9) apply to an authorisation as if it were an order made under section 134.