Additional matters relating to drug and alcohol testing
177 Additional matters relating to drug and alcohol testing
An offence under a regulation relating to the following matters may, in addition to the penalty provided for by this Act for offences under the regulations, be made punishable by a period of imprisonment not exceeding 9 months—
the carrying out of transport safety work by a transport safety employee while under the influence of alcohol or any other drug or while the prescribed concentration of alcohol or prescribed concentration or amount of another drug is present in the employee’s breath, blood or urine,
a refusal or failure by a transport safety employee to undergo tests or otherwise comply with test procedures relating to alcohol or other drugs,
interference by a transport safety employee with results of such tests.
Subject to the regulations, section 109 (Measurement of alcohol concentrations) of the Road Transport Act 2013 applies in relation to the measurement of the concentration of alcohol in a person’s breath or blood for the purposes of the regulations in the same way as it applies for the purposes of that Act.
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