analyst means a person employed by the owner or operator of an approved laboratory as an analyst.
approved laboratory means—
(a) in relation to blood samples—the following laboratories—
(i) the laboratory at the NSW Health Pathology Forensic & Analytical Science Service at Lidcombe,
(ii) the laboratory at the NSW Health Pathology Forensic & Analytical Science Service at North Ryde, and
(b) in relation to urine samples—a laboratory that has been accredited by the National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia for AS/NZS 4308:2023, and
(c) in relation to oral fluid samples—the following laboratories—
(i) the laboratory at the NSW Health Pathology Forensic & Analytical Science Service at Lidcombe,
(ii) the laboratory at the NSW Health Pathology Forensic & Analytical Science Service at North Ryde,
(iii) the laboratory at Racing Analytical Services Ltd at Flemington, Victoria,
(iv) the laboratory at Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology at 14 Giffnock Avenue, Macquarie Park.
approved oral fluid analysing instrument means—
(a) an approved oral fluid analysing instrument within the meaning of Schedule 3 to the Road Transport Act 2013, or
(b) the device known as Thermo TSQ Quantum Ultra, or
(c) the device known as Thermo TSQ Quantum Access, or
(d) the device known as Thermo TSQ Orbitrap Discovery, or
(e) the device known as AB Sciex QTrap 5500, or
(f) the device known as Shimadzu High Performance Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometer LCMS-8060, or
(g) the device known as Sciex TripleQuad 6500+ system, or
(h) the device known as Agilent 6460 Triple Quadrupole LC/MS.
approved oral fluid testing device means—
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(a) an approved oral fluid testing device within the meaning of Schedule 3 to the Road Transport Act 2013, or
(b) the device known as Medvet Oral7, or
(c) the device known as Clonal Technologies Oral Fluid Drug Test 7, or
(d) the device known as Oranoxis ToxWipe 7+.
AS/NZS 4308:2023 means AS/NZS 4308:2023, Procedures for specimen collection and the detection and quantification of drugs in urine.
authorised sample taker has the same meaning as in Schedule 3 to the Road Transport Act 2013.
drug screening test means a test carried out by an approved oral fluid testing device for the purpose of ascertaining whether any drugs are present in a person’s oral fluid.
hospital means any of the following—
(a) a public hospital within the meaning of the Health Services Act 1997 controlled by a local health district or the Crown,
(b) a statutory health corporation or affiliated health organisation within the meaning of the Health Services Act 1997,
oral fluid analysis means a test carried out by an approved oral fluid analysing instrument for the purpose of ascertaining, by analysis of a person’s oral fluid, the presence of drugs in that person’s oral fluid.
preliminary breath test means a test for the purpose of indicating the concentration of alcohol in a person’s breath or blood, carried out on that person’s breath by means of a device, not being a breath analysing instrument, of a type that complies with the requirements of AS 3547:2019, Breath alcohol testing devices, as reissued in January 2021, or of a type approved by the Governor by order published in the Gazette for the purposes of the Road Transport Act 2013.
sample, in relation to urine, includes, if the sample is divided into portions, a portion of the sample.
The Act and the Interpretation Act 1987 contain definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this Regulation.
(2) A reference in this Regulation to a police officer authorised by the Commissioner of Police to carry out a breath analysis is a reference to a police officer so authorised under the Road Transport Act 2013.
(3) For the purposes of this Regulation, a power to require a person to provide a sample of blood, oral fluid or urine includes a power to require a person to provide samples of any one or more of blood, oral fluid or urine.
(4) Notes included in this Regulation do not form part of this Regulation.