2010
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

(As presented)
(Mr Jeremy Hanson)
Corrections Management (Mandatory Urine Testing) Amendment Bill 2010

A Bill for
An Act to amend the Corrections Management Act 2007

    

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

1	Name of Act
This Act is the Corrections Management (Mandatory Urine Testing) Amendment Act 2010.
2	Commencement
This Act commences on the day after its notification day.
Note	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
3	Legislation amended
This Act amends the Corrections Management Act 2007.
4	New section 133A
in division 9.6.2, insert
133A	Alcohol and drug testing of detainees—random selection of AMC detainees
	(1)	The chief executive must prepare a list each month of randomly selected detainees for the correctional centre (the AMC) that includes the Alexander Maconochie Centre.
	(2)	The number of detainees on the list must be at least 5% of the total number of detainees on the register of detainees for the AMC on the day the chief executive prepares the list.
	(3)	In this section:
randomly selected detainee means a detainee selected by a computer programmed to select names randomly from the register of detainees.
5	Alcohol and drug testing of detainees
Section 134 (1)
substitute
	(1)	The chief executive—
	(a)	may direct a detainee to provide a stated kind of test sample; and
	(b)	must, each month, direct each detainee on the list mentioned in section 133A for the month to provide a test sample that is a urine sample.

Endnotes
1	Presentation speech
	Presentation speech made in the Legislative Assembly on	2010.
2	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on	2010.
3	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

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