10ABlood samples to be provided in certain cases

10A Blood samples to be provided in certain cases

[Section 10A Inserted by No. 44 of 1991, s. 7 ]

(1)  [Section 10A Subsection (1) amended by No. 38 of 2017, s. 21, Applied:03 Dec 2018] [Section 10A Subsection (1) amended by No. 18 of 2005, s. 9, Applied:01 Jul 2005] [Section 10A Subsection (1) amended by No. 18 of 2005, s. 9, Applied:01 Jul 2005] Where a police officer reasonably believes that a person was the driver of a vehicle involved in a crash in which personal injury to any person was sustained, the police officer may require the driver to submit to the taking of a sample of blood for analysis.

(1A)  [Section 10A Subsection (1A) amended by No. 38 of 2017, s. 21, Applied:03 Dec 2018] [Section 10A Subsection (1A) amended by No. 38 of 2017, s. 21, Applied:03 Dec 2018] [Section 10A Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 68 of 2007, s. 6, Applied:19 Dec 2007] Where the driver of a vehicle that has been involved in a crash cannot be immediately identified, a police officer may require any person who was in the vehicle at the time of the crash to submit to the taking of a sample of blood for analysis.

(1B)  [Section 10A Subsection (1B) inserted by No. 38 of 2017, s. 21, Applied:03 Dec 2018] Where a person is arrested by a police officer for an offence under section 4 , the police officer may require the person to submit to the taking of a sample of blood for analysis.

(2)  [Section 10A Subsection (2) amended by No. 38 of 2017, s. 21, Applied:03 Dec 2018] Where a person agrees to submit to the taking of a sample of blood, the relevant provisions of this Act apply as if the person were a person who had elected to provide a sample of blood in accordance with section 10 .