48YRail safety worker may request sample of blood to be taken for analysis

48Y Rail safety worker may request sample of blood to be taken for analysis

(a) a rail safety worker is required under section 126(1) of the Rail Safety National Law (Victoria) to submit to testing by means of a breath analysis; and

(b) the rail safety worker does so by furnishing a sample of breath for analysis in accordance with section 48M.

(2) The rail safety worker may, immediately after being given the certificate referred to in section 48M(8), request the authorised person who required the sample to arrange for the taking in the presence of an authorised person of a sample of the worker's blood for analysis at the worker's own expense by a registered medical practitioner or an approved health professional nominated by the person.

(3) Nothing in subsection (2) relieves a rail safety worker from any penalty under section 126(3) of the Rail Safety National Law (Victoria).

S. 48Z inserted by No. 41/2019 s. 17.