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Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
sec.540Application for order for blood and urine testing of person
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### sec.540 Application for order for blood and urine testing of person
This section applies if a police officer arrests a person ( relevant person ) the police officer reasonably suspects has committed a chapter 18 offence.
A police officer may apply to a magistrate or, if the relevant person is a child, the Childrens Court for an order ( disease test order ) authorising the taking of a sample of blood and urine from the relevant person.
The application must be written and state the grounds on which it is made.
Before the application is made, the police officer must give the relevant person a copy of the application and inform the person that the person has the right to be represented by a lawyer at the hearing of the application.
The magistrate may refuse to consider the application unless the police officer gives the magistrate all the information the magistrate requires about the application in the way the magistrate requires.
s 540 ins 2000 No. 22 s 18
amd 2005 No. 45 s 3 sch 1 ; 2024 No. 24 s 57 sch 1 pt 2
(sec.540-ssec.1) This section applies if a police officer arrests a person ( relevant person ) the police officer reasonably suspects has committed a chapter 18 offence.
(sec.540-ssec.2) A police officer may apply to a magistrate or, if the relevant person is a child, the Childrens Court for an order ( disease test order ) authorising the taking of a sample of blood and urine from the relevant person.
(sec.540-ssec.3) The application must be written and state the grounds on which it is made.
(sec.540-ssec.4) Before the application is made, the police officer must give the relevant person a copy of the application and inform the person that the person has the right to be represented by a lawyer at the hearing of the application.
(sec.540-ssec.5) The magistrate may refuse to consider the application unless the police officer gives the magistrate all the information the magistrate requires about the application in the way the magistrate requires.