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Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Regulation 2014
159Drug test sample if drug use suspected
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#### 159 Drug test sample if drug use suspected
159 Drug test sample if drug use suspected
> > (1) On forming a suspicion that an inmate—
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> > > (a) has been administered (whether by himself or herself or otherwise) with a drug, or
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> > > (b) is under the influence of a drug,
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> > a correctional officer holding office or acting in a rank that is of or above the rank of Chief Correctional Officer may require the inmate to supply a drug test sample for testing or analysis and give directions as to how the sample is to be supplied.
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> > (2) The directions may require the inmate to comply with directions given by a correctional officer as to how the sample is to be supplied.
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> > (3) An inmate must not refuse or fail to comply with a direction under this clause.
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> > Note.
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> > Failure by an inmate to comply with this subclause is a correctional centre offence.
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> > (4) An analysis of the sample must be carried out by an analyst.
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> > (5) In any proceedings for a correctional centre offence that are being dealt with under the Act by the governor or a Visiting Magistrate, and in which it is alleged that a requirement was made under subclause (1), a certificate signed by an authorised officer to the effect that the requirement was made—
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> > > (a) for a specified inmate, or
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> > > (b) for all inmates of a specified class,
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> > is admissible in evidence of the facts so certified.