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Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1970
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### 2A Meaning of relevant time
> [*\[Section 2A Inserted by No. 38 of 2017, s. 6, Applied:03 Dec 2018\]*](/view/html/inforce/2018-12-03/act-2017-038#GS6@EN)
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> > (1) For the purposes of this Act, a reference to a relevant time in relation to a person who becomes liable to submit to a test, analysis or medical examination is a reference to the time of the last act of driving by the person before the person became so liable.
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> > (2) For the purposes of [subsection (1)](#GS2A@Gs1@EN) , if the last act of driving cannot be ascertained with reasonable accuracy, the time of the last act of driving by a person is taken to be –
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> > > > (a) if the person becomes liable to submit to the test or analysis under [section 8(1)](#GS8@Gs1@EN) or [8A(1)](#GS8A@Gs1@EN) , the time when the person is first found by a police officer after becoming so liable; or
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> > > > (b) if the person becomes liable to submit to the test, analysis or medical examination as a result of a crash –
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> > > > > > (i) the time at which the person is found by a police officer after the crash –
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> > > > > > > > (A) at, or near, the place of the crash; or
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> > > > > > > > (B) at, or being conveyed to, a place for the purpose of receiving medical treatment; or
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> > > > > > (ii) if the person is found by a police officer after the crash in any other place, the time of the crash.