A Bill to amend section 7A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 to provide that a specimen of blood may be subjected to a laboratory test without the permission of the person from whom it was taken; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
12 February 2025
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This Bill would change how blood samples taken in road traffic cases can be tested. It would allow a specimen of blood to be tested in a laboratory without the person it was taken from needing to give permission, by amending section 7A of the Road Traffic Act 1988. It also covers related provisions required to make this change work.
The bill is at the second reading in the House of Commons. It is in the early stages of parliamentary consideration and would need to progress through further stages to become law.
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1 May 2024
The dissolution of Parliament took place on Thursday 30 May 2024. All business in the House of Commons and House of Lords has come to an end and this bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
