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VICTORIA POLICE ACT 2013 - SECT 88

Targeted testing—Victoria Police personnel (other than Victoria Police employees)

    (1)     This section applies to members of Victoria Police personnel who are rostered on, other than Victoria Police employees.

    (2)     Subject to subsection (4), the Chief Commissioner may give a testing direction to a person specified in subsection (1) if—

        (a)     the Chief Commissioner reasonably suspects that the person has consumed alcohol or a drug of dependence; and

        (b)     because of that suspicion, the Chief Commissioner reasonably believes that the person ought to be tested for the good order and discipline of Victoria Police.

    (3)     Subject to subsection (4), the Chief Commissioner may give a testing direction to a person specified in subsection (1) if the Chief Commissioner reasonably believes that the person appears to be unfit for work because he or she has consumed alcohol or a drug of dependence.

    (4)     The Chief Commissioner may give a person who has been required under section 89 to report for work a testing direction only for the purpose of testing for the presence of a drug of dependence.



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