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ROAD TRANSPORT (ALCOHOL AND DRUGS) ACT 1977 - SECT 9A

Power to require alcohol screening test if vehicle involved in accident––driver trainer

If a motor vehicle is involved in an accident on a road or road related area, a police officer may require a person to undergo an alcohol screening test in accordance with the directions of that officer—

        (a)     if the police officer has reasonable cause to suspect that the person was the driver trainer in the motor vehicle at the time of the accident; or

        (b)     if—

              (i)     the police officer does not know or has doubt as to who was the driver trainer in the motor vehicle at the time of the accident; and

              (ii)     the police officer has reasonable cause to suspect that the person was in the vehicle at the time of the accident.



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