New Zealand Legislation: Bills

11 Who must give blood specimen at places other than hospital or surgery

• (1) Section 72(1) is amended by adding “; or” and also by adding the following paragraph:

  • “(e) the person does not complete a compulsory impairment test in a manner satisfactory to an enforcement officer, who is trained to give the test, when required to do so by an enforcement officer under section 71A.”

  (2) Section 72 is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (1):

  • “(1A) Subsection (1)(e) only applies if an enforcement officer has good cause to suspect that the person has consumed a drug or drugs.

  • “(1B) Subsection (1)(e) applies regardless of whether the person has failed any breath screening tests under section 68 or evidential breath tests under section 69 and regardless of the outcome of any such tests.

  • “(1C) An enforcement officer may exercise the powers in subsections (1) and (2) in addition to any breath screening tests under section 68 or evidential breath tests under section 69.”