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Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Regulation 2014
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#### 197 Periodic drug testing
197 Periodic drug testing
> > (1) For the Act, section 106ZA(1)(a) and (g), the Commissioner must ensure that each offender is to undergo periodic drug testing in accordance with this clause—
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> > > (a) for an offender in closed detention (Stage 1)—2 times a week, and
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> > > (b) for an offender in semi-open detention (Stage 2)—3 times a week, and
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> > > (c) for an offender in community custody (Stage 3)—2 times a week.
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> > (2) A person authorised by the Commissioner may, in accordance with the Commissioner’s instructions, require an offender to supply for testing or analysis one or more of the following as a sample and give directions as to how the sample is to be supplied—
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> > > (a) breath,
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> > > (b) urine,
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> > > (c) oral fluid,
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> > > (d) hair.
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> > (3) The directions may require the offender to comply with directions given by another person as to how the sample is to be supplied.
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> > (4) An analysis of the sample must be carried out by an analyst.
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> > (5) A sample may be required under this clause and tested or analysed for the presence of a drug even though the offender concerned may not be reasonably suspected of having administered a drug to himself or herself or of being under the influence of a drug.
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> **cl 197:** Am 2026 (112), Sch 2.