| Description | Statutory guidance for police and assessors, issued for the operational purposes of the Mandatory Drug Testing of Arrestees (MDT)pilot exercise starting from June 2007 within Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow. |
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| ISBN | (Web Only) |
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| Official Print Publication Date | June 2007 |
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| Website Publication Date | June 19, 2007 |
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ISBN 978 0 7559 7113 4 (Web only publication)
This document is also available in pdf format (324k)
19 June 2007
CONTENTS
1. Introduction
1.1 The purpose of the guidance
1.2 Who should use the guidance
1.3 Who has contributed to this guidance
1.4 When will this guidance come into effect
2. Background and policy context
3. Legal framework
3.1 Drug Testing in the custody suite
3.2 Required assessment
3.3 Consent and Information sharing issues
4. Monitoring and research
5. Drug Testing Process guidance
5.1 General points
5.2 Arrest and decision to test
5.3 Testing
5.4 Dispute procedure; quality control samples and confirmatory testing
6. Information sharing and use of the drugs test result
6.1 General
6.2 Drug test result for use in any proceedings under Section 88 of the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006
6.3 Drug test result for use in consideration of bail
6.4 Drug test result to inform a decision of Children's Hearing
6.5 Drug test result to inform decisions about appropriate sentence and decisions about supervision or release
6.6 Drug test result for ensuring advice/treatment
7. Required Assessment - process guidance
7.1 General Points
7.2 Individual remanded in custody following first Court hearing
7.3 Individual attends for initial appointment
7.4 Individual fails to attend for initial appointment
7.5 Amendments to the arrangements for the drugs assessment
7.6 Individual attends and remains for drugs assessment
7.7 Individual fails to attend for drugs assessment, or attends but fails to remain
7.8 Police informed of attendance at initial appointment and drugs assessment, or failure to attend at initial appointment and/or attend and remain for duration of drugs assessment
8. Providing a link into treatment
Annexes
Annex A List of "relevant" offences
Annex B Form MDT1
Annex C Form MDT2
Annex D Form RA1
Annex E Form RA2
Annex F Form RA3
Annex G Extracts from the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 and the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006.
Annex H - Testing of Arrested Persons for Class A Drugs (Prescribed Area) (Scotland) Order 2007 - SSI/2007/131
Annex I Drugs Assessor (Qualifications and Experience) (Scotland) Regulations 2007- SSI/2007/8
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