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Corrections Act 1986
78RTaking of samples of drug and alcohol
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78R Taking of samples of drug and alcohol
(1) A specified officer may take for analysis a sample of a substance that the officer believes to be a drug of dependence or alcohol that is found in the possession of a prisoner on parole and that was not lawfully in the possession of the prisoner.
(2) The specified officer who takes a sample of a substance that the officer believes to be a drug of dependence or alcohol must as soon as possible advise the Commissioner of that fact.
S. 78S inserted by No. 57/2016 s. 8.