Mandatory Testing (Infectious Diseases) Act 2014

A public officer may apply to a senior police officer for a disease test approval if —

there are reasonable grounds for disease testing; and

the suspected transferor is not a protected person; and

the senior police officer is not involved in the investigation of any suspected offence to which the proposed disease test approval relates.

The application may be made by remote communication.

The application must —

if practicable be in writing; and

state the full name and official details of the applicant; and

state the full name and official details of the affected public officer; and

state the full name and address of the suspected transferor; and

state the grounds for suspecting that there has been a transfer of bodily fluid from the suspected transferor to the affected public officer; and

include any other information that is prescribed for the purposes of this subsection.

If it is not practicable to make the application in writing, the public officer making the application must, as soon as practicable after the application is made, make a written record of it, including all the information required under subsection (3).

If the suspected transferor is being detained under section 9, the application must be made —

as soon as practicable; and

in a manner that ensures the determination of the application as soon as practicable,