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Police Service Administration Act 1990
sec.5A.12Targeted substance levels
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### sec.5A.12 Targeted substance levels
A relevant person must not have evidence of a dangerous drug present in the person’s urine or saliva at any time.
A relevant person, who is lawfully taking a targeted substance mentioned in section 5A .4(c) or (d), must not perform duties in or involving an operational capacity or critical area if the substance impairs the person’s capacity to perform the duties without danger to the person or someone else.
A relevant person must not have present in the person’s urine or saliva—
evidence of a targeted substance mentioned in section 5A .4(c) that the person may not lawfully take; or
evidence of having taken a targeted substance mentioned in section 5A .4(c) or (d) in a way contrary to a direction of a doctor or a recommendation of the manufacturer of the substance.
s 5A.12 ins 2003 No. 67 s 5
amd 2014 No. 17 s 128 ; 2022 No. 4 s 19
(sec.5A.12-ssec.1) A relevant person must not have evidence of a dangerous drug present in the person’s urine or saliva at any time.
(sec.5A.12-ssec.2) A relevant person, who is lawfully taking a targeted substance mentioned in section 5A .4(c) or (d), must not perform duties in or involving an operational capacity or critical area if the substance impairs the person’s capacity to perform the duties without danger to the person or someone else.
(sec.5A.12-ssec.3) A relevant person must not have present in the person’s urine or saliva— evidence of a targeted substance mentioned in section 5A .4(c) that the person may not lawfully take; or evidence of having taken a targeted substance mentioned in section 5A .4(c) or (d) in a way contrary to a direction of a doctor or a recommendation of the manufacturer of the substance.
- (a) evidence of a targeted substance mentioned in section 5A .4(c) that the person may not lawfully take; or
- (b) evidence of having taken a targeted substance mentioned in section 5A .4(c) or (d) in a way contrary to a direction of a doctor or a recommendation of the manufacturer of the substance.