Road Transport (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1977
13GOral fluid—confirmatory analysis
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13G Oral fluid—confirmatory analysis (1) This section applies to the part of a sample of a person’s oral fluid stored and sealed in a container under section 13E (5) (the sample). (2) The chief police officer must ensure that the sample is taken to an approved laboratory as soon as practicable after it is stored and sealed under section 13E (5). (3) An analyst at the approved laboratory to which the sample is taken under subsection (2) must, as soon as practicable, arrange for the analysis of the sample at the laboratory or another approved laboratory to work out whether a prescribed drug is present in the sample. (4) An analyst responsible for testing the sample must take reasonable care to ensure that a part of the sample (the preserved part) sufficient for analysis to be carried out for the person who gave the sample (the tested person) is protected and preserved until— (a) if a request is made under subsection (6)—the preserved part is
Prescribed drugs—confirmatory tests Division 2.5 (5) However, subsection (4) does not apply if the amount of sample remaining after analysis under subsection (3) is insufficient for (6) Before the end of the period mentioned in subsection (4) (b), the (7) If a request is made under subsection (6), the analyst must ensure that