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Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1970
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33 Destruction of samples
[Section 33 Inserted by No. 38 of 2017, s. 55, Applied:03 Dec 2018]
(1) A sample of blood, or oral fluid, that has been taken for the purposes of this Act is to be destroyed 24 months after the sample was taken unless otherwise prescribed.
(2) For the avoidance of doubt, this section applies to all samples whether taken before or after the commencement of the Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Amendment Act 2017 .