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Serious Offenders Act 2018
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216 Testing of offenders by police officers
(1) This section applies to an offender who is subject to a supervision order or an interim supervision order containing a condition directing the offender to reside at a place other than a residential facility or a residential treatment facility.
(2) At the direction of a police officer, the offender must submit to a breath test, urinalysis or other test procedure approved by the Chief Commissioner of Police for detecting alcohol or drug use.
(3) The police officer may give a direction under this section if the police officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that the offender has contravened a condition of the supervision order or interim supervision order by consuming alcohol or drugs.
Part 14—Entry, search and seizure
Division 1—Definitions
217 Definitions
***officer*** means—
(a) in relation to an offender who resides at a residential facility or a residential treatment facility—
(i) a supervision officer; or
(ii) a specified officer; or
(iii) a police officer;
(b) in relation to an offender who resides at a place other than a residential facility or a residential treatment facility—
(i) a community corrections officer; or
(ii) a specified officer; or
(iii) a police officer;
***search***, in relation to a search of an offender, an officer or any other person, means either or both of the following—
(a) a garment search;
(b) a pat-down search.
Division 2—General search and seizure powers