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Civil Aviation Act 2023

Aviation documents, medical certification, and drug and alcohol testing - Drug and alcohol management plans and testing

118: Tampering

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"Changing or cheating on a drug or alcohol test is not allowed"

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If you are being tested for drugs or alcohol, and the person doing the test thinks you might have cheated, this section applies to you. You might have cheated by taking something to change the test result, or by doing something to the test itself. If this happens, the rules say the test result is not considered negative, even if it actually is.

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Drug and alcohol management plans and testing

118Tampering

  1. This section applies if a person who is carrying out a random test or Director testing suspects on reasonable grounds that a person being tested has—

  2. consumed, administered, or supplied any substance with intent to dilute, contaminate, or otherwise alter any sample:
    1. otherwise tampered with the testing.

      1. This subpart and the relevant DAMP apply as if the test returned a result other than a negative result.