Correctional Services Act 2014
195Alcohol and drug testing
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195 Alcohol and drug testing (1) Regulations may prescribe one or more of the following: (a) alcohol/drug tests for use under this Act; (b) persons who are prescribed samplers for a prescribed alcohol/drug test; (c) matters in relation to the carrying out of a prescribed alcohol/drug test. (2) If a person is required under this Act to submit to a prescribed alcohol/drug test, the person must: (a) give to a prescribed sampler, or allow a prescribed sampler to take, (as the case requires) a sample of breath or a bodily substance that is sufficient for the purposes of the test; and (b) comply with any reasonable direction of the prescribed sampler. Tampering with a sample may constitute an offence against section 191.
Correctional Services Act 2014 95 (3) A sample of breath or a bodily substance given or taken for a prescribed alcohol/drug test is the property of the Territory. alcohol/drug test means a test under which a sample of a person's breath, blood, saliva, urine or another bodily substance is tested or analysed to detect the presence, or ascertain the concentration of, alcohol or a drug.