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3420 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 144 30 SEPTEMBER 2009
657 (1) If a Rider has supplied a sample of his blood, breath, urine, saliva or sweat (or more than one thereof) in accordance with Rule 656(2), and such sample or samples is or are found upon analysis to contain any controlled drug as defined in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 or other illicit substance and/or its metabolites, artifacts or isomers, then:
(a) that such person shall be notified in writing of the finding of that analysis as soon as reasonably practicable; and
(b) that person’s Licence shall be automatically withdrawn from the date of the written notice until the Judicial Committee issues a substantive decision in relation to any information filed against that person in relation to that sample or samples.
(2) If:
(a) no information against that Rider is filed within 21 days of the written notice referred to in Rule 657(1)(a) being served on that person; and
(b) that Rider has subsequently provided a further sample of his blood, breath, urine, saliva or sweat (being the same type or sample as the first sample provided, e.g. urine) and such sample is found upon analysis not to contain a controlled drug as defined in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 or other illicit substance and/or its metabolites, artifacts or isomers,
then that person’s Licence shall be reinstated.
(3) If, in the opinion of NZTR, the hearing of an information against a Rider in relation to a sample or samples referred to in sub-Rule (1) above is not held in a timely way as a result of delays or omissions on the part of the informant, then NZTR may reinstate that person’s Licence on such terms and conditions as NZTR sees fit.
(4) The above provisions shall take effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the provisions of Rule 322.
TRIALS GENERALLY
658 Trials shall be conducted in accordance with the regulations set out at the Third Appendix.
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