RAIL SAFETY NATIONAL LAW (ACT) ACT 2014

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1--PRELIMINARY

• 1 Name of Act  
• 3 Dictionary  
• 4 Terms used in Rail Safety National Law (ACT)  
• 5 Notes  

PART 2--APPLICATION OF RAIL SAFETY NATIONAL LAW

• 6 Application of Rail Safety National Law  
• 7 Exclusion of Legislation Act  
• 8 Exclusion of other territory laws  
• 9 Meaning of generic terms for Rail Safety National Law (ACT)  

PART 3--ALCOHOL AND DRUG TESTING

Division 3.1--Preliminary

• 10 Definitions—pt 3 and testing provisions  
• 11 Appointment of analysts  
• 12 Approval of laboratories  

Division 3.2--Procedures relating to testing and analyses

• 13 Conduct of alcohol screening test  
• 14 Detention for breath analysis  
• 15 Conduct of breath analysis  
• 16 Precautions for privacy—breath analysis  
Subdivision 3.2.2--Prescribed drugs—screening test and analysis
• 17 Conduct of drug screening test  
• 18 Detention for oral fluid analysis  
• 19 Conduct of oral fluid analysis—generally  
• 20 Oral fluid—sample taken by authorised person  
• 21 Oral fluid—sample taken by police officer from worker in  
• 22 Precautions for privacy—oral fluid analysis  
• 23 Oral fluid—confirmatory analysis  
• 24 Oral fluid analysis statement  
Subdivision 3.2.3--Alcohol and drugs—blood test
• 25 Conduct of blood test  
• 26 Detention for blood test  
• 27 Requirement to take blood test in hospital after prescribed notifiable occurrence  
• 28 Taking blood samples  
• 29 Analysis of blood samples  
• 30 Blood analysis statement  
Subdivision 3.2.4--Alcohol and drug testing and analysis—miscellaneous
• 31 Power to search rail safety worker in custody  
• 32 Keeping of samples—request by DPP  
• 33 Destruction of samples  

Division 3.3--Offences—alcohol and drug testing and analysis

• 34 Failure to submit to alcohol screening test or breath analysis  
• 35 Failure to submit to drug screening test, oral fluid analysis  
• 36 Failure to stay for drug screening test  
• 37 Failure to submit to blood test etc  

Division 3.4--Evidence

• 38 Application—div 3.4  
Subdivision 3.4.2--Evidentiary certificates
• 39 Evidentiary certificate—authorised person—alcohol-related  
• 40 Evidentiary certificate—authorised person—drug-related test  
• 41 Evidentiary certificate—sample taker  
• 42 Evidentiary certificate—blood sample not taken by sample taker  
• 43 Evidentiary certificates—analysts  
Subdivision 3.4.3--Other provisions about evidence
• 44 Meaning of this Act—subdiv 3.4.3  
• 45 Effect of noncompliance—analysis of breath or blood  
• 46 Effect of noncompliance—analysis of oral fluid  
• 47 Effect of noncompliance—failure to give sample of breath  
• 48 Effect of noncompliance—failure to give sample of oral fluid  
• 49 Oral evidence about evidentiary certificate  
• 50 Evidence about presence of alcohol and prescribed drugs  

Division 3.5--Miscellaneous

• 51 How alcohol concentration may be expressed  
• 52 Protection of police officers and medical staff  
• 53 Abrogation of privilege of self-incrimination—derivative use immunity  

PART 4--MISCELLANEOUS

• 54 Provision of information and assistance to Regulator  
• 55 Regulation-making power  
DICTIONARY ENDNOTES