Drug Misuse and Trafficking Regulation 2021
26Destruction of sample material
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26 Destruction of sample material
26 Destruction of sample material
(1) A director of FASS, or a delegate of a director, may give a written order that the following may be destroyed—
(a) a part of a relevant substance given to an analyst for analysis under this Part that is not required for the analysis,
(b) a sample for which a certificate of analysis has already been given.
(2) A qualified police officer may give a written order that a part of a relevant substance retained under this Part, for which analysis is not carried out, be destroyed after the end of all relevant proceedings for an offence relating to the relevant substance.
(3) In this section—
end of all relevant proceedings includes the end of all appeal proceedings or, if no appeal is made, the end of the period within which an appeal may be made.