Rail Safety National Law (ACT) Act 2014

This section applies if an authorised person requires a rail safety worker to submit to an alcohol screening test under the Rail Safety National Law (ACT), section 126 (Authorised person may require preliminary breath test or breath analysis).

An authorised person must not require a rail safety worker to submit to an alcohol screening test—

if the worker was involved in a prescribed notifiable occurrence and—

the worker was taken to hospital—if more than 8 hours has passed since the worker’s arrival at the hospital; or

the worker was not taken to hospital—if more than 8 hours has passed since the prescribed notifiable occurrence happened; or

if the worker was not involved in a prescribed notifiable occurrence—if more than 8 hours has passed since the worker stopped carrying out rail safety work.