Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS) AMENDMENT ACT 2006 (NO. 12 OF 2006) - SECT 8

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    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person is a doctor or nurse; and

        (b)     the person attends to a person (the patient ) in hospital; and

        (c)     the person believes, on reasonable grounds, that—

              (i)     the patient was a driver involved in an accident; and

              (ii)     the accident happened not longer than 6 hours before the patient arrived at the hospital; and

        (d)     the person does not take a sample of the patient's blood for analysis within 2 hours after the time the patient arrives at the hospital.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

Note     Section 17 contains defences to a prosecution for a breach of this section.