Passenger Transport (General) Regulation 2017

A person by whom a sample of a transport safety employee’s blood is taken under this Regulation must—

place the sample into a container, and

fasten and seal the container, and

mark or label the container for future identification, and

give to the person from whom the sample is taken a certificate relating to the sample that contains sufficient information to enable the sample to be identified as a sample of that person’s blood, and

if the sample is taken under clause 111(7)—as soon as reasonably practicable after the sample is taken, hand the sample to the test supervisor or police officer who was present at the time the sample was taken.

The test supervisor or police officer to whom a sample of blood is handed under subclause (1) must—

immediately after being handed the sample, place the sample in a security box of a type approved by the Commissioner of Police and lock the box, and

as soon as reasonably practicable, arrange for the sample to be submitted to an approved laboratory for analysis by an analyst to determine the concentration of alcohol and, where required, of other drugs in the blood.

An approved laboratory that holds a sample submitted under this clause must forward a portion of the sample to a medical practitioner or laboratory if, within 12 months after taking the sample, the person who provided the sample requests the laboratory to do so and pays any costs associated with forwarding the portion.