Clause 15

in the section heading, after “Provision of”, insert “blood”;

replace subsections (1), (2) and (3) with —“(1) A police officer may, subject to the provisions of this section, require a person (X) to provide to a registered medical practitioner or nurse, at any place that may be determined by the police officer, a specimen of blood for a laboratory test for the purpose of investigating whether X has committed an offence under section 67 or 68 if —

X is arrested under section 69(5); or

X is at a hospital as a patient and the police officer making the requirement has reasonable cause to suspect that —

X has alcohol in X’s body; or

X is under the influence of a drug, a psychoactive substance or an intoxicating substance.(2) A requirement under subsection (1)(a) to provide a specimen of blood must not be made unless —

the police officer making the requirement has reasonable cause to believe that for medical reasons a specimen of breath for a breath test under section 69(1) or (3A) cannot be provided or should not be required;

when the requirement is made, there is no breath analysing device of a type approved for a breath test under section 69(1) or (3A) at the hospital, or at the police station or at or near the place where the arrest was made, or it is for any other reason not practicable to conduct a breath test under that section; or

the police officer making the requirement has reasonable cause to suspect that the person required to provide the specimen is under the influence of a drug, a psychoactive substance or an intoxicating substance.(3) A requirement under this section to provide a specimen of blood may be made even though the person required to provide the specimen has already provided or been required to provide a specimen of his or her breath for a breath test under section 69(1) or (3A).”;

in subsection (4), after “specimen”, insert “of blood for a laboratory test”; and

in subsection (5), after “under this section to provide a specimen”, insert “of blood”.