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Navigation Act 1912
386CMaster or seaman may be required to undergo examination or to provide samples
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#### 386C Master or seaman may be required to undergo examination or to provide samples
(1) If an authorised person has reasonable cause to believe:
(a) that the capacity of a master or seaman to undertake the duties of his or her position is impaired because of alcohol or other drugs; or
(b) that the blood alcohol content of the blood of a master or seaman exceeds the specified limit;
the authorised person may, by notice in writing given to the master or seaman, require the master or seaman to do all or any of the following:
(c) undergo a physical examination by a medical practitioner;
(d) permit the taking of a sample of blood by a medical practitioner;
(e) provide a breath sample to, or to permit the taking of such a sample by, an approved operator of a breath analysis machine;
(f) provide a sample of urine to, or to permit the taking of a sample of urine by, an authorised person or a medical practitioner;
(g) provide a mouth swab to, or to permit the taking of a mouth swab by, an authorised person or a medical practitioner.
(2) A notice under subsection (1) must set out:
(a) the time at which the requirement was made; and
(b) the name of the person who made the requirement; and
(c) the place at which, and time within which, the master or seaman to whom the notice is given must present himself or herself for the purpose of undergoing the examination, or for providing or permitting the taking of the sample, or the mouth swab, to which the notice relates.
(3) A notice under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.