Part 2Sentences, orders, and related matters
Drug or alcohol conditions
80ZTRules about drug and alcohol testing and monitoring
The chief executive may
make rules for all or any of the following purposes:- prescribing, for the purposes of section 80ZO(2)(a) and (c), 1 or more types of testing procedure that an offender to whom section 80ZO applies may be required to undergo:
- specifying how often each of the prescribed testing procedures may be carried out:
- prohibiting authorised persons from requiring an offender to undergo certain testing procedures if other less intrusive testing procedures are available and are sufficient in the circumstances:
- prescribing, for the purposes of section 80ZO(2)(b), 1 or more types of drug or alcohol monitoring device that may be connected to an offender to whom section 80ZO applies:
- specifying restrictions as to how often, and for how long—
- continuous monitoring may be carried out:
- an offender may be required to contact an automated system:
- continuous monitoring may be carried out:
- prescribing, for any 1 or more of the following, minimum levels that must be present in a bodily sample collected from an offender in order for the sample to be used as evidence that the offender has breached a drug or alcohol condition:
- controlled drugs:
- psychoactive substances:
- alcohol.
- controlled drugs:
In this section and in sections 80ZU and 80ZV, chief executive means the chief executive of the Department of Corrections.
Rules under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).
Notes
- Section 80ZT: inserted, on , by section 14 of the Sentencing (Drug and Alcohol Testing) Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 85).
- Section 80ZT(1): amended, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
- Section 80ZT(3): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).


