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CORRECTIONAL SERVICES ACT 1982 - SECT 81S

81S—Interpretation

        (1)         In this Part—

"biological sample" means a sample of blood, urine or oral fluid;

"breath analysing instrument" means an apparatus of a kind approved as a breath analysing instrument under the Road Traffic Act 1961 ;

"breath analysis" means an analysis of breath by a breath analysing instrument;

"critical incident" means—

            (a)         an incident where a person is killed or suffers serious bodily injury in a correctional institution or probation and parole hostel; or

            (b)         an incident, or a class of incident, in a correctional institution or probation and parole hostel determined by the CE to be a critical incident;

"designated position" means an appointment to a position in the Department designated by the CE for the purposes of this Part;

"drug" means a substance that is a controlled drug under the Controlled Substances Act 1984 ;

"drug screening test" means a test by means of an apparatus of a kind approved by the regulations for the conduct of drug screening tests;

"forensic material" means any human material from which the person from whom the material was taken could be identified;

"oral fluid" includes saliva;

"oral fluid analysis" means the analysis of a person's oral fluid to determine whether a drug is present in the oral fluid;

"rules" means the rules made under section 83 for the purposes of this Part.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Part, a person "uses a drug" if the person—

            (a)         consumes, smokes or administers the drug to themself; or

            (b)         permits another person to administer the drug to them.



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