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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 - Protective supervision

92A: Interpretation

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When you read this part of the law, some words have special meanings. A bodily sample is something like your blood, breath, hair, or urine that can be tested. It can also be any other similar sample from your body.

A drug or alcohol monitoring device is something attached to your body that can detect if you have used certain drugs or alcohol. This device can find out if you have used a controlled drug, a psychoactive substance, or if you have consumed alcohol. You can find out more about what a controlled drug is by looking at the rules about medicines in the Medicines Act 1981.

A drug or alcohol requirement is a rule that you must follow if you are under a protective supervision order. This rule can stop you from using certain drugs, psychoactive substances, or alcohol, as stated in section 94. The rule does not apply if you are using a medicine that a doctor has prescribed for you.

A medical laboratory technologist is a health worker who is registered to do laboratory tests. They are registered with the Medical Sciences Council of New Zealand, as stated in section 114(1)(a) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003.

A medical officer can be someone who takes blood samples in a hospital, a nurse, or a medical laboratory technologist. A nurse is a health worker who is registered to do general nursing tasks, as stated in section 114(1)(a) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003.

When you are tested for drugs or alcohol, it means you let someone take a sample from your body to analyse. This can include giving a blood, breath, hair, or urine sample.

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Part 1Detention and supervision of persons posing very high risk of imminent serious sexual or violent offending
Protective supervision

92AInterpretation

  1. In this subpart, unless the context otherwise requires,—

    bodily sample means—

    1. a sample of a person’s blood, breath, hair, or urine; or
      1. any other sample of a similar kind from the person

        drug or alcohol monitoring device means a device, connected to a person's body, that is able to detect the presence in the person's body of 1 or more of the following:

        1. a controlled drug used by the person:
          1. a psychoactive substance used by the person:
            1. alcohol consumed by the person

              drug or alcohol requirement means a requirement imposed under section 94 on a person under a protective supervision order that prohibits the person from doing 1 or more of the following:

              1. using a controlled drug (other than a medicine prescribed for the person under the Medicines Act 1981):
                1. using a psychoactive substance:
                  1. consuming alcohol

                    medical laboratory technologist means a health practitioner who is, or is deemed to be, registered with the Medical Sciences Council of New Zealand continued by section 114(1)(a) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 as a practitioner of the profession of medical laboratory science

                      medical officer means—

                      1. a person acting in a hospital who, in the normal course of the person's duties, takes blood specimens; or
                        1. a nurse; or
                          1. a medical laboratory technologist

                            nurse means a health practitioner who is, or is deemed to be, registered with the Nursing Council of New Zealand continued by section 114(1)(a) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 as a practitioner of the profession of nursing whose scope of practice permits the performance of general nursing functions

                              testing of a person for a controlled drug, a psychoactive substance, or alcohol includes, without limitation, the person’s permitting the collection for analysis of a bodily sample

                              Notes
                              • Section 92A: inserted, on , by section 5 of the Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) (Drug and Alcohol Testing) Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 86).