Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2019 (NO. 21 OF 2019) - SECT 17

Section 23 (1) and (2)

substitute

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person is—

              (i)     required by a police officer to permit a sample of blood to be taken under section 15; or

              (ii)     a person, other than a pedestrian, from whom a doctor or nurse is required to take a sample of blood under section 15AA; and

        (b)     the person fails or refuses to permit the sample to be taken.

Example—par (b)

the person waving their arm about so the nurse cannot place a tourniquet on it

Maximum penalty: 30 penalty units.