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Rail safety worker not obliged to comply with requirement in certain circumstances

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28 Rail safety worker not obliged to comply with requirement in certain circumstances

(1)

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 blood test if:

(a)

the worker is not involved in a prescribed notifiable occurrence;

and

(b)

more than 30 minutes have passed since the worker carried out the work.

(2)

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 blood test if:

(a)

more than 4 hours have passed since the worker was involved in the occurrence; or

(b)

the worker:

(i)

has completed rail safety work for the work shift and departed from his or her work location for the work shift; and

(ii)

was unaware of the occurrence when the worker completed work for the work shift.

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