2(1)If an authorisation is in force, a detainee custody officer may, at the centre to which the authorisation applies and in accordance with detention centre rules, require a detained person who is confined in the centre to provide a sample for the purpose of ascertaining—
(a)whether he has a drug in his body; or
(b)whether he has alcohol in his body.
(2)The sample required may be one or more of the following—
(a)a sample of urine;
(b)a sample of breath;
(c)a sample of a specified description.
(3)Sub-paragraph (2)(c)—
(a)applies only if the authorisation so provides; and
(b)does not authorise the taking of an intimate sample.
(4)“Authorisation” means an authorisation given by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this paragraph in respect of a particular detention centre.
(5)“Drug” means a drug which is a controlled drug for the purposes of the [1971 c. 38.] Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
(6)“Specified” means specified in the authorisation.
(7)“Intimate sample”—
(a)in relation to England and Wales, has the same meaning as in Part V of the [1984 c. 60.] Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;
(b)in relation to Scotland, means—
(i)a sample of blood, semen or any other tissue fluid, urine or pubic hair;
(ii)a dental impression;
(iii)a swab taken from a person’s body orifice other than the mouth; and
(c)in relation to Northern Ireland, has the same meaning as in Part VI of the [S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12).] Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989.