SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 12 Discipline etc at F1Removal Centres

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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 F1removal 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 F1removal centre.

5

“Drug” means a drug which is a controlled drug for the purposes of the M1Misuse 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 M2Police 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 M3Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989.