2AMeaning of relevant time

2A Meaning of relevant time

[Section 2A Inserted by No. 38 of 2017, s. 6, Applied:03 Dec 2018]

(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.

(2)  For the purposes of subsection (1) , 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 –

(a) if the person becomes liable to submit to the test or analysis under section 8(1) or 8A(1) , the time when the person is first found by a police officer after becoming so liable; or

(b) if the person becomes liable to submit to the test, analysis or medical examination as a result of a crash –

(i) the time at which the person is found by a police officer after the crash –

(A) at, or near, the place of the crash; or

(B) at, or being conveyed to, a place for the purpose of receiving medical treatment; or

(ii) if the person is found by a police officer after the crash in any other place, the time of the crash.