Road Traffic Act, 1968

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Procedure following taking or provision of specimen.

43.—(1) Whenever a designated registered medical practitioner has, following a requisition under section 30 or section 33, taken a specimen of blood or obtained a specimen of urine from a person, he shall certify the prescribed particulars on a prescribed form which he shall then give to the member of the Garda Síochána then in charge of the station, and the specimen and a copy of the certificate shall be forwarded in accordance with the prescribed procedure to the Bureau.

(2) Upon receipt by the Bureau of a specimen forwarded thereto under subsection (1), a part of the specimen shall, in accordance with the prescribed procedure, be analysed and the concentration of alcohol therein be determined, and the remainder of the specimen shall be preserved in accordance with the prescribed procedure.

(3) Upon the making of a determination under subsection (2)—

(a) a certificate containing the result of the determination and such other matters as may be prescribed shall be issued to the member of the Garda Síochána in charge of the Garda station from which the specimen was forwarded, and

(b) a statement in the prescribed form containing the result of the determination and such other matters as may be prescribed shall be issued in the prescribed manner, to the person from whom the specimen was taken or by whom the specimen was provided.