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Police Administration Act 1978
105Drug training direction
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105 Drug training direction
(1) A drug training direction is a direction given by a senior member:
(a) authorising:
(i) the keeping of a batch of a dangerous drug; and
(ii) the use of the batch in training; and
(iii) the disposal of the batch at the end of the training; and
(b) stating the conditions under which the keeping, use and
disposal of the batch of the dangerous drug is authorised.
(2) A senior member may give a drug training direction for a batch of a
dangerous drug only if the batch:
(a) is in the possession of the Police Force:
(i) having been forfeited, or ordered to be forfeited, to the
Territory under an Act; or
(ii) having been ordered under an Act to be disposed of or
destroyed; or
(b) comes into the possession of the Police Force under an
agency arrangement.
(3) The conditions stated in a drug training direction must include the
(a) the batch must be used only for the training purposes
specified in the condition;
(b) the training for which the batch is used must be of the type
and extent specified in the condition;
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(c) if at any time the batch or part of the batch is not being stored
in a drug vault, it must:
(i) be under the effective control of a drug control officer or
one or more of the members specified in the condition;
or
(ii) be kept securely in a way specified in the condition;
(d) as soon as practicable after the end of the training, the
disposal of the batch must be as specified in the condition.
Example of training purpose for subsection (3)(a)
Training police dogs to detect the odour of dangerous drugs.
(4) Subsection (3) does not limit the conditions that may be included in
a drug training direction.
(5) A senior member who gives a drug training direction must ensure
that members of the Police Force comply with the conditions stated
in the direction.