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Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1970
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### 7D Trace particle detection tests
> [*\[Section 7D Inserted by No. 9 of 2008, s. 6, Applied:04 Jun 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-06-04/act-2008-009#GS6@EN)
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> > (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.
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> > (2) [*\[Section 7D Subsection (2) amended by No. 38 of 2017, s. 16, Applied:03 Dec 2018\]*](/view/html/inforce/2018-12-03/act-2017-038#GS16@EN) A direction may be given under [subsection (1)](#GS7D@Gs1@EN) 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.
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> > (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)](#GS7D@Gs1@EN) or required or directed to stop under any other provision of this Act.
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> > (4) A police officer may use such force as is necessary and reasonable to collect a sample referred to in [subsection (3)](#GS7D@Gs3@EN) .