Regulation 1C Testing for substance misuseF1
The chief officer of police may require any special constable who—
gives the chief officer reasonable cause to suspect that he has used a controlled drug;
has been identified by the chief officer as being vulnerable because of a specific responsibility for dealing with drugs; or
is selected in accordance with a regime of routine random testing;
to give a sample of oral fluid or urine to be tested for evidence of controlled drugs in accordance with procedures determined by the Secretary of State.
The chief officer may require a special constable who falls within paragraph (1)(c) to give a sample of breath to be tested for evidence of alcohol in accordance with procedures determined by the Secretary of State.
A special constable who—
on giving a sample under paragraph (1) is found to have taken a controlled drug specified in a determination of the Secretary of State; or
on giving a sample under paragraph (2), is found to have more than 13 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath,
shall face such consequences as are specified in that determination.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Regs. 1B, 1C inserted (20.8.2012) by The Special Constables (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1961), regs. 1, 6