Rail safety worker not obliged to comply with requirement in certain circumstances
23 Rail safety worker not obliged to comply with requirement in certain circumstances
A rail safety worker who is still on railway premises after carrying out rail safety work is not obliged to comply with a requirement made under section 127(1) of the Rail Safety National
Law (NT) to submit to a drug screening test or oral fluid analysis (or both) if:
the worker is not involved in a prescribed notifiable occurrence;
and
more than 30 minutes have passed since the worker carried out the work.
A rail safety worker who is involved in a prescribed notifiable occurrence is not obliged to comply with a requirement made under section 127(1) of the Rail Safety National Law (NT) to submit to a drug screening test or oral fluid analysis (or both) if:
more than 4 hours have passed since the worker was involved in the occurrence; or
the worker:
has completed rail safety work for the work shift and departed from his or her work location for the work shift; and
was unaware of the occurrence when the worker completed work for the work shift.
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