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VICTORIA POLICE ACT 2013 - SECT 89 Persons may be rostered on for the purposes of section 88(2)

VICTORIA POLICE ACT 2013 - SECT 89

Persons may be rostered on for the purposes of section 88(2)

    (1)     The Chief Commissioner may require a person to whom section 88(2) applies who is rostered off to report for work for the purpose of giving that person a testing direction under that section.

    (2)     A person who has been required under subsection (1) to report for work is taken to be rostered on for the purposes of this Division.

    (3)     A person who has been required under subsection (1) to report for work must be accompanied by a police officer to the place where the person will undergo testing for the presence of a drug of dependence.

    (4)     A person who has been required under subsection (1) to report for work must not refuse or fail to accompany the police officer to the place where the person will undergo testing for the presence of a drug of dependence without reasonable excuse.

    (5)     If a person who has been required under subsection (1) to report for work refuses or fails to accompany the police officer to the place where the person will undergo testing for the presence of a drug of dependence because he or she is ill, the person must provide—

        (a)     if a form is prescribed for the purposes of this section—a copy of the prescribed form signed by a registered medical practitioner stating the testing would be prejudicial to the person's care and treatment; or

        (b)     if no form is prescribed for the purposes of this section—a certificate signed by a registered medical practitioner stating the testing would be prejudicial to the person's care and treatment.

S. 89A (Heading) amended by No. 45/2017 s. 42(1).

S. 89A inserted by No. 59/2015 s. 5.