SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 12Discipline etc at Detention Centres
Testing for drugs or alcohol
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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.