Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) At the direction of a specified officer, a prisoner on parole must submit to breath testing, urinalysis or other test procedures approved by the Secretary for detecting alcohol or drug use.
(2) A specified officer may give a direction under this section if the specified officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that the prisoner on parole has breached a condition of the parole order by consuming alcohol or drugs.
S. 78P(3) inserted by No. 64/2017 s. 17.
(3) A test or procedure referred to in subsection (1) may be conducted or supervised by a specified officer if a specified officer reasonably believes that the direction is necessary to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the test or procedure.
S. 78P(4) inserted by No. 64/2017 s. 17.
(4) If a test includes the taking of a sample of urine from a prisoner on parole and is to be conducted or supervised by a specified officer under subsection (3), the specified officer must—
(a) if the prisoner on parole identifies as being of a particular gender, be of that gender; or
(b) if the prisoner on parole requests that the specified officer be of a different gender, be of that different gender.
S. 78P(5) inserted by No. 64/2017 s. 17.
(5) Subsection (4) need not be complied with if it is not practicable for the test to be conducted or supervised in accordance with that subsection.
S. 78Q inserted by No. 57/2016 s. 8.