CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION ACT 1985 (REPEALED)
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.
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