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89A Targeted testing—police custody officer supervisors and police custody officers
S. 89A(1) amended by No. 45/2017 s. 42(2).
(1) This section applies to police custody officer supervisors and police custody officers who are rostered on.
(2) The Chief Commissioner may give a testing direction to a person specified in subsection (1) if—
(a) the Chief Commissioner reasonably suspects that the person has consumed alcohol or a drug of dependence; and
(b) because of that suspicion, the Chief Commissioner reasonably believes that the person ought to be tested for the good order and discipline of Victoria Police.
(3) The Chief Commissioner may give a testing direction to a person specified in subsection (1) if the Chief Commissioner reasonably believes that the person appears to be unfit for work because the person has consumed alcohol or a drug of dependence.