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PERIODIC DETENTION REGULATIONS (NO. 34 OF 1995) - SCHEDULE 2

    SCHEDULE 2     Subregulation 7 (3)

    DRUG TESTING

1.1 Procedure for obtaining a sample of urine

An officer authorised to carry out the test and who is of the same sex as the detainee required to undergo the test, shall—

        (a)     write the name of the detainee required to undergo the test on a label adhered to a sealable sterile container, give the container to the detainee, and request the detainee to sign his or her name on the label;

        (b)     request the detainee to accompany the officer to a private area and, within the sight of the officer, to pass a sample of his or her urine into the container provided for the purpose;

        (c)     view the passing of the sample of urine by the detainee and request the detainee to seal the container and return it to the officer;

        (d)     ensure that the container is properly sealed and write on the label on the container the date and time when the sample was passed by the detainee;

        (e)     secure the sealed container so that the label on the container can not be tampered with unless the seal is broken and send the container to the ACT Government Analytical Laboratory for analysis of the urine sample.

2.1 Procedure for analysis of a sample of urine

1. On receipt of a sealed container containing a sample of urine, the analyst, or a person acting under his or her supervision, shall sign a receipt for the container and give the receipt to the person handing over the sample.

2. If the analyst receives a container—

        (a)     that has been opened; or

        (b)     the seal of which has been broken;

the analyst shall notify the manager in writing as soon as possible of that fact.

3. The analyst shall analyse the sample of urine in the container for the presence of a drug.

4. The analyst shall notify the manager in writing of the results of the analysis of the sample of urine specifying—

        (a)     whether or not a drug was present in the sample of urine analysed; and

        (b)     where a drug was found to be present in the urine sample—the name of the drug.

   



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