20Authorised sample takers and authorised persons—protection from liability

20 Authorised sample takers and authorised persons—protection from liability

20 Authorised sample takers and authorised persons—protection from liability

(1) No civil or criminal liability is incurred by an authorised sample taker (or by any person acting at the direction or under the supervision of the authorised sample taker) in respect of anything properly and necessarily done by the authorised sample taker in the course of taking a sample of blood or urine from a person if the authorised sample taker—

(a) believed on reasonable grounds that the authorised sample taker was required under this Regulation to take the sample of blood or urine from the person, or

(b) was informed by an authorised person that the person was a person from whom the authorised sample taker was required under this Regulation to take the sample of blood or urine.

(2) No civil or criminal liability is incurred by an authorised person in respect of anything properly and necessarily done by the authorised person in the course of administering a breath test or breath analysis, conducting a sobriety assessment, administering a drug screening test or a urine screening test or taking a sample of oral fluid or urine in the exercise of the functions of an authorised person under the Rail Safety National Law (NSW) or this Regulation.