126Interfering or tampering with, or destroying, samples

126 Interfering or tampering with, or destroying, samples

126 Interfering or tampering with, or destroying, samples

A person must not interfere or tamper with, or destroy, a sample of a person’s blood or urine provided or taken under this Regulation unless the sample is destroyed—

(a) by or at the direction of an analyst in the course of or on completion of analysis, or

(b) for a sample handed to a person on behalf of a transport safety employee—by or at the direction of the person, or

(c) after the expiration of 12 months commencing on the day on which the sample was taken.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

cl 126: Rep 2017 (595), Sch 1 [41]. Ins 2021 (483), Sch 1[2].