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Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Detention and supervision of persons posing very high risk of imminent serious sexual or violent offending - Management of residents - Drug or alcohol tests

68: Resident may be required to submit to drug or alcohol test

You could also call this:

"The manager can ask you to take a test to see if you've used drugs or alcohol."

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If you are a resident, the manager may ask you to take a drug or alcohol test. This can happen if the manager thinks you have used a prohibited substance, like one listed in section 3, or if you have consumed alcohol without permission. The manager wants to find out if you have used any of these substances or consumed alcohol.

The tests you take must follow certain guidelines or instructions. These guidelines can say what kind of sample you need to give, like saliva, hair, breath, or urine. They can also say how and when you need to give the sample.

You will not be asked to give a sample of your blood. The guidelines will make sure the tests are done fairly and safely.

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Part 1Detention and supervision of persons posing very high risk of imminent serious sexual or violent offending
Management of residents: Drug or alcohol tests

68Resident may be required to submit to drug or alcohol test

  1. If the manager has reasonable grounds to believe that a resident has used any substance that falls within any of paragraphs (b) to (d) of the definition of prohibited item in section 3, or consumed alcohol without permission, the manager may require the resident to submit to a test for the purpose of detecting whether the resident has used any of those substances or consumed alcohol, or both.

  2. The tests administered under subsection (1) must comply with any guidelines or instructions that are relevant to the administration of such tests.

  3. The guidelines or instructions may specify the kinds of sample that a resident may be required to supply (including, without limitation, a sample of saliva, hair, breath, or urine, or other bodily sample) and the circumstances and manner in which any sample is to be supplied.

  4. However, in no case may a resident be required to supply a sample of his or her blood.