7DTrace particle detection tests

7D Trace particle detection tests

[Section 7D Inserted by No. 9 of 2008, s. 6, Applied:04 Jun 2008]

(1)  A police officer may direct any person who is driving a motor vehicle on a public street to stop his or her vehicle for the purpose of conducting a trace particle detection test.

(2)  [Section 7D Subsection (2) amended by No. 38 of 2017, s. 16, Applied:03 Dec 2018] A direction may be given under subsection (1) whether or not the police officer has grounds for suspecting that a person may have a prescribed illicit drug in his or her blood or oral fluid.

(3)  For the purpose of performing a trace particle detection test, a police officer may collect a sample from the steering wheel of a motor vehicle directed to stop under subsection (1) or required or directed to stop under any other provision of this Act.

(4)  A police officer may use such force as is necessary and reasonable to collect a sample referred to in subsection (3) .