31Duty of medical practitioner who refrains from carrying out blood-sampling in patient's interest

31 Duty of medical practitioner who refrains from carrying out blood-sampling in patient's interest

(1)  This section applies if a medical practitioner refrains from carrying out a blood-sampling of a person under this Act on the grounds that to do so would, in the medical practitioner's opinion, be prejudicial to the person's proper care or treatment.

(2)  It is the medical practitioner's duty, if so requested by a police officer, to –

(a) express an opinion on the question whether the person has or, if the person is in hospital, had, at the time of his or her admission to the hospital, alcohol in his or her body; and

(b) answer, to the best of the medical practitioner's ability, any relevant questions that may be put to him or her by the police officer regarding that question.