Dave5

We’ve got a bonkers road side drug testing law going through Parliament at present. It’s the creation of Simeon. ‘Lil Bigot’ Brown. It is so punative and poor drafted that the Attorney General has provided this feedback:

The Attorney-General has presented a Section 7 report to the House on this Bill. The Attorney-General’s report noted that the Bill appears to be inconsistent with s 21 (right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure) and s 22 (right not to be arbitrarily detained) and cannot be justified under s 5 of the Bill of Rights Act.

The tech that they are backing the law on tests for 25 substances (only the *presence* of those substances, mind you). 19 of those substances can be legally prescribed. The way the law works is that if you get pinged you’re not allowed to drive for 12 hours after. If your doctor generates a piece of paper saying you’re on one the prescribed substance, then you’re all good… *BUT* you can’t preemptively get that dispensation. You need to be caught *AND THEN* you get to apply. Around the dinner table we figured it was a civil right violation turns out Judith Collins agrees:

s 22 (right not to be arbitrarily detained) and cannot be justified under s 5 of the Bill of Rights Act.

Lil Bigot is Big Stupid