CORRECTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 29A Prisoners may be tested for drug or alcohol use

CORRECTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 29A

S. 29A(1) substituted by No. 38/2003 s. 4(2).

    (1)     If the Governor considers it necessary to do so in the interests of the management, good order or security of the prison, he or she may at any time direct a prisoner to submit to tests to assess whether the prisoner has used or consumed—

        (a)     any alcohol; or

S. 29A(1)(b) amended by No. 59/2015 s. 23(1).

        (b)     any drug of dependence; or

S. 29A(1)(c) substituted by No. 74/2004 s. 21.

        (c)     any Schedule 8 poison or Schedule 9 poison within the meaning of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 .

    (2)     Tests under subsection (1)—

S. 29A(2)(a) amended by No. 45/1996 s. 17(Sch. 1 item 22).

        (a)     must be of a kind approved by the Secretary; and

        (b)     may include the taking of samples of urine; and

        (c)     must be carried out by an officer within the meaning of Part 5.

S. 29A(3) inserted by No. 38/2003 s. 4(3).

    (3)     The following are deemed to be, and to have always been, valid—

        (a)     any direction given, or purportedly given, under this Act before the date of commencement of section 4 of the Corrections (Amendment) Act 2003 requiring a prisoner to submit to any test to assess whether the prisoner was using alcohol; and

        (b)     any test conducted on a urine sample, taken under this section before the date of commencement of section 4 of the Corrections (Amendment) Act 2003 , to assess whether the prisoner who provided the sample was using alcohol.

S. 30 amended by Nos 16/1991 s. 5, 11/1993 ss 4(3), 7(1)(d), 94/1994 s. 20, 45/1996 s. 17(Sch. 1 item 23), 45/2001 s. 28, 35/2002 s. 8(1)(2), 14/2004 s. 5, 5/2006 s. 14(8), 50/2008 s. 5, 64/2010 s. 15, repealed by No. 10/2013 s. 11, new s. 30 inserted by No. 41/2015 s. 9.