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VICTORIA POLICE REGULATIONS 2024 - REG 52

Confidentiality of test results

    (1)     All records that relate to or include any of the following must be kept in a secure location—

        (a)     a testing direction given to a member under Part 5 of the Act or a direction given in the circumstances set out in section 86(2) of the Act;

        (b)     any sample given or taken for testing for the presence of alcohol or drugs under Part 5 of the Act;

        (c)     the result of any testing of a sample under Part 5 of the Act .

    (2)     A person must not disclose to any other person any information revealed by the testing of a sample under Part 5 of the Act unless—

        (a)     that information is already publicly known; or

        (b)     disclosure of that information is necessary or authorised under Part 5 of the Act ; or

        (c)     disclosure of that information is necessary for the investigation of any offence; or

        (d)     the member consents; or

        (e)     disclosure of that information is to members of Victoria police personnel solely for the purposes of

              (i)     research and development of the health of Victoria Police as a workplace; or

              (ii)     the management, supervision and support of the member in the workplace; or

              (iii)     the investigation of alleged breaches of ethical standards and other misconduct in Victoria Police; or

        (f)     the disclosure of information is solely for the purposes of compiling reports and statistics and that information does not include information that may be used to identify the member who gave the sample.

Division 8—Annual reporting



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