CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION ACT 1985 (REPEALED)

SECTION 16C   AUTHORISED OFFICERS MAY REQUIRE CUSTOMS WORKERS TO UNDERGO ALCOHOL SCREENING TESTS, ALCOHOL BREATH TESTS OR PROHIBITED DRUG TESTS ETC.  

16C(1)    
An authorised officer may give a Customs worker who is in the course of performing his or her duties as a Customs worker a written direction requiring the Customs worker to do one or more of the following:

(a) undergo an alcohol screening test;

(b) undergo an alcohol breath test;

(c) provide a body sample, of a kind specified in the direction, for a prohibited drug test;

in accordance with the regulations.

Providing blood sample if alcohol breath test indicates the presence of alcohol

16C(2)    
If:

(a) a Customs worker undergoes an alcohol breath test in accordance with a direction under subsection (1); and

(b) the alcohol breath test indicates the presence of alcohol;

he or she may provide a sample of his or her blood for the purpose of an alcohol blood test, in accordance with the regulations.

Compliance with direction

16C(3)    
A Customs worker must comply with a direction given to him or her under this section.