114Taking blood or urine samples

114 Taking blood or urine samples

114 Taking blood or urine samples

(1) This clause applies if a test supervisor or police officer is entitled under this Regulation to require a transport safety employee to provide a sample of the employee’s blood or urine.

(2) The test supervisor or police officer may require the transport safety employee to provide the sample of urine in accordance with the directions of the test supervisor or police officer.

(3) The test supervisor or police officer may require the transport safety employee to provide the sample of blood at a hospital in accordance with the directions of an authorised sample taker.

(4) An authorised sample taker must take a sample of blood if informed by the test supervisor or police officer that the sample is required to be taken under this Regulation.

(5) If a police officer is entitled to require a transport safety employee to provide a sample of blood, the police officer may—

(a) arrest the employee without warrant, and

(b) take the employee, using necessary force, to a hospital, and

(c) detain the employee at the hospital for the purposes of obtaining the sample.

(6) If a test supervisor is entitled to require a transport safety employee to provide a sample of blood, the test supervisor may direct the employee to attend and provide the sample at the nearest hospital, within a reasonable time required by the test supervisor.

cl 114: Rep 2017 (595), Sch 1 [41]. Ins 2021 (483), Sch 1[2].