Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) An authorised person may require a relevant member to submit to a random alcohol test.
(2) However, an authorised person other than the commissioner or deputy commissioner may require the person to submit to the test--
(a) only with the written approval of the commissioner or deputy commissioner; or
(b) only if the test is conducted in accordance with criteria prescribed under a regulation for conducting random alcohol tests without the approval of the commissioner or deputy commissioner.
(3) For subsection (2)(b), a regulation may prescribe the criteria for deciding--
(a) when and where a random alcohol test may be conducted; and
(b) when a random alcohol test may be conducted without the approval of the commissioner or deputy commissioner.
(4) Also, the commissioner or deputy commissioner may, in writing, exempt a relevant member or class of relevant member from random alcohol testing, either generally or in particular circumstances.
Examples--
1 The relevant member may be an operative.
2 The relevant member may be required to consume alcohol at a hotel when keeping a person suspected of engaging in criminal activities under surveillance.
(5) The power to approve random alcohol testing under this section can not be delegated.