Traffic Regulation Ordinance (Cap. 65)
Traffic Regulation Ordinance (Cap. 65), article 15L
15L. (1) The procedure established in this article shall apply in cases
where a person referred to in article 15CA(3):
(a) cannot give his consent to a preliminary test and
confirmatory test; or
(b) cannot be subjected to a preliminary test and confirmatory
test.
(2) Any medical practitioner attending a hospitalised person
referred to in sub-article (1), while that person remains so ho spitalised,
shall upon the request of a police officer confirmed by an orde r of a
Magistrate, be required to take a specimen of that patient’s bl ood for
analysis as soon as practicable.
(3) If there is no medical practitioner present to attend the
hospitalised person referred to i n article 15CA(3), the blood s pecimen
shall be taken by a healthcare professional who is attending th e patient
and who is accredited by a hospital as competent to perform the
sampling procedures.
(4) The taking of a blood specimen from a hospitalised person
referred to in article 15CA(3) shall not be required in accorda nce with
this article unless, at the time of the accident concerned, the patient
concerned who was involved in the accident was:
(a) driving a motor vehicle i nvolved in the accident;
(b) occupying the driver’s seat of a motor vehicle involved
in the accident and attempting to put the motor vehicle
in motion; or
(c) the holder of an applicable driver licence and
occupying the seat in the motor vehicle next to a
l e a r n e r d r i v e r w h o w a s d r i v i n g a m o t o r v e h i c l e
involved in the accident.
Letting, without
licence, motor
vehicles to be
driven by hirer.
Added by:
LIII. 1939.3.
Amended by:
XIII. 1983.5;
L.N. 162 of 1990;
XXIII. 2000.30;
L.N. 408 of 2007;
XV . 2009.49;
V . 2011.3.
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