This notice is the Land Transport (Blood Specimen Collecting Instrument and Procedure) Notice 2014.

This notice comes into force on 1 December 2014.

In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires,—

Terms or expressions used but not defined in this notice but defined in the Act have, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning as in the Act.

This clause approves, for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of blood specimen collecting instrument in section 2(1) of the Act, a vacutainer blood collecting system.

By way of explanation,—

For the purposes of sections 72 to 74 of the Act, the relevant blood specimen collecting procedure is,—

When taking a blood specimen for the purposes of sections 72 to 74 of the Act, a health practitioner or medical officer must divide the blood specimen into 2 parts, being—

The blood specimen referred to in section 74(3), (4), (5)(b)(i), and (7)(a)(i) of the Act is both parts of the blood specimen.

The blood specimen referred to in section 74(5)(b)(ii) of the Act is the 1 part of the blood specimen held in custody by the approved laboratory and referred to in subclause (1)(b).

The health practitioner or medical officer must put the blood specimen parts into separate blood specimen containers taken from 1 or more sealed blood specimen collecting kits.

Each blood specimen container must then have a lid put on it, and a tamper-evident security seal applied to it.

A health practitioner or medical officer who takes a blood specimen under section 72 of the Act must, after tamper-evident security seals are applied to the blood specimen containers, hand them to an enforcement officer.

When taking a blood specimen for the purposes of sections 72 to 74 of the Act, a health practitioner or medical officer must draw the blood specimen into 2 vacutainers, being—

The blood specimen referred to in section 74(3), (4), (5)(b)(i), and (7)(a)(i) of the Act is both parts of the blood specimen held in both vacutainers.

The blood specimen referred to in section 74(5)(b)(ii) of the Act is the 1 part of the blood specimen held in 1 vacutainer held in custody by the approved laboratory and referred to in subclause (1)(b).

The vacutainers used by the health practitioner or medical officer must be taken from 1 or more sealed blood specimen collecting kits.

Each vacutainer must, after the volume of blood has been drawn into it, have a tamper-evident security seal applied to it.

A health practitioner or medical officer who takes a blood specimen under section 72 of the Act must, after tamper-evident security seals are applied to the vacutainers, hand them to an enforcement officer.

The Land Transport (Blood Specimen Collecting Procedure) Notice 2011 (SR 2011/378) is revoked.