(9)Requiring specimen of blood or urine for laboratory test#
If a person—
- (a) is arrested for any offence referred to in subsection (8); or
- (b) is, for the purposes of subsections (8) to (8L), detained at or taken to a police station, vehicle or vessel, or taken to a hospital or other place authorised under this section;
and while at a police station, vehicle, vessel, hospital or other place authorised under this section as aforesaid is required by a police officer to provide a specimen of the person’s breath for analysis by a breath analysing instrument, or the person’s saliva for saliva analysis, the police officer making the requisition may—
- (c) if the police officer who arrested, detained or took as aforesaid the person believes on reasonable grounds that at the time of the arrest, detaining or taking the person exhibited external signs indicating that the person was affected by liquor or a drug; and
- (d) if—
- (i) the analysis by the breath analysing instrument of the specimen of breath provided under the requisition indicates either that there is no alcohol in the person’s blood or breath or that the concentration of alcohol in the person’s blood or breath does not reasonably explain the external signs exhibited and observed; or
- (ii) the analysis by the saliva analysing instrument of the specimen of saliva provided under the requisition indicates that there is no relevant drug in the person’s saliva;
require the person to provide a specimen of the person’s blood for a laboratory test and, subject to the direction of a doctor or nurse, a specimen of the person’s urine for a laboratory test.