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13. Amendment of section 10 of Act of 2010

Section 10 of the Act of 2010 is amended -

(a) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4):

"(4A) Where a member of the Garda Síochána, under paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (4), requires a person to provide a specimen of oral fluid from his or her mouth, the member shall require the person to remain at a place (including a vehicle) at or in the vicinity of the checkpoint concerned (for a period that does not exceed 30 minutes after the provision of the specimen) until the apparatus referred to in subsection (4) (b) indicates the presence or absence of drugs in the specimen.",

(b) in subsection (5), by the substitution of "(4) or (4A) " for "(4) ", and

(c) in subsection (6)(a), by the substitution of "subsection (4)(d)(ii)) or (4A) " for "subsection (4)(d)(ii)) ".