Customs Administration Act 1985
16CAuthorised officers may require Customs workers to undergo alcohol screening tests, alcohol breath tests or prohibited drug tests etc.
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16C Authorised officers may require Customs workers to undergo alcohol screening tests, alcohol breath tests or prohibited drug tests etc.
(1) An authorised officer may give a Customs worker who is in the course of performing his or her duties as a Customs worker a written direction requiring the Customs worker to do one or more of the following: (a) undergo an alcohol screening test; (b) undergo an alcohol breath test; (c) provide a body sample, of a kind specified in the direction, for a prohibited drug test; in accordance with the regulations. Providing blood sample if alcohol breath test indicates the presence of alcohol (2) If: (a) a Customs worker undergoes an alcohol breath test in accordance with a direction under subsection (1); and (b) the alcohol breath test indicates the presence of alcohol; he or she may provide a sample of his or her blood for the purpose of an alcohol blood test, in accordance with the regulations. Compliance with direction (3) A Customs worker must comply with a direction given to him or her under this section.