Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) This section applies if an authorised person requires a rail safety worker to submit to a blood test under the Rail Safety National Law (ACT) , section 127 (Authorised person may require drug screening test, oral fluid analysis and blood test).
(2) A blood test may only be carried out by a sample taker.
(3) An authorised person must not require a rail safety worker to submit to a blood test—
(a) if the rail safety worker was required to submit to an alcohol screening test or a drug screening test under the Rail Safety National Law (ACT) , section 126 or section 127—if more than 4 hours have passed since the test was carried out; or
(b) in any other case—
(i) if the worker was involved in a prescribed notifiable occurrence and—
(A) the worker was taken to hospital—if more than 2 hours has passed since the worker's arrival at the hospital; or
(B) the worker was not taken to hospital—if more than 8 hours has passed since the prescribed notifiable occurrence happened; or
(ii) if the worker was not involved in a prescribed notifiable occurrence—if more than 8 hours has passed since the worker stopped carrying out rail safety work.