67Handling of urine, hair and blood samples

67 Handling of urine, hair and blood samples

67 Handling of urine, hair and blood samples

(1) This section applies to the following persons—

(a) an authorised person who arranges for the taking of, or takes, a sample of a police officer’s urine, hair or blood under—

(i) the Act, section 211A or 211AA, or

(ii) this part,

(b) a medical practitioner who takes a sample of blood under the direction of an authorised person under—

(i) the Act, section 211A(4B), or

(ii) this part.

(2) However, this section does not apply in relation to a sample of urine if a screening test of the sample returns a result indicating the absence of prohibited drugs.

(3) The person who arranges for the taking of, or takes, a sample of a police officer’s urine, hair or blood, must ask the officer whether or not the police officer would like to keep part of the sample.

(4) The person who takes the blood, hair or urine sample must—

(a) divide the sample as follows—

(i) if the police officer from whom the sample is taken indicates that the officer would like to keep a portion of the sample—into 3 approximately equal portions,

(ii) otherwise—into 2 approximately equal portions, and

(b) place each portion into a container, and

(c) fasten and seal each container, and

(d) mark or label each container for future identification, and

(e) if the person who takes the sample is a medical practitioner—hand the sealed and labelled containers to the authorised person who was present when the sample was taken.

(5) The authorised person who arranges for the taking of, or takes, the blood, urine or hair sample must take the following action in relation to the sealed and labelled containers—

(a) if the sample was divided into 3 portions under subsection (4)(a)(i)—

(i) give 1 container to the police officer from whom the sample was taken, and