74ARules about drug and alcohol testing and monitoring

1. The chief executive may make rules for all or any of the following purposes:

2. prescribing, for the purposes of section 16B(2)(a) and (c), 1 or more types of testing procedure that an offender to whom section 16B applies may be required to undergo:
3. specifying how often each of the prescribed testing procedures may be carried out:
4. 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:
5. prescribing, for the purposes of section 16B(2)(b), 1 or more types of drug or alcohol monitoring device that may be connected to an offender to whom section 16B applies:
6. specifying restrictions as to how often, and for how long,—
   1. continuous monitoring may be carried out:
   2. an offender may be required to contact an automated system:
7. 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:
   1. controlled drugs:
   2. psychoactive substances:
   3. alcohol.

8. Rules under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).