Drug and Alcohol Treatment Amendment (Substances) Order 2013 (NSW)

2013 No 274

New South Wales

Drug and Alcohol Treatment

Amendment (Substances) Order 2013

under the

Drug and Alcohol Treatment Act 2007

THOMAS FREDERICK BATHURST, Lieutenant-Governor I, the Honourable Thomas Frederick Bathurst, Lieutenant-Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 54 of the Drug and Alcohol Treatment Act 2007, make the following Order. Dated, this 12th day of June 2013.

By His Excellency’s Command,

KEVIN HUMPHRIES, MP

Minister for Healthy Lifestyles

Explanatory note
The object of this Order is to add certain substances (namely Benzodiazepines and Zolpidem) to the list of substances in Schedule 1 to the Drug and Alcohol Treatment Act 2007. As a result, a person who has a severe substance dependence in relation to such substances may be involuntarily detained and treated under that Act.

This Order is made under section 54 of the Drug and Alcohol Treatment Act 2007.

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Drug and Alcohol Treatment Amendment (Substances)

Order 2013

under the

Drug and Alcohol Treatment Act 2007

1      Name of Order

This Order is the Drug and Alcohol Treatment Amendment (Substances)
Order 2013.

2      Commencement

This Order commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

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Drug and Alcohol Treatment Amendment (Substances) Order 2013

Amendment of Drug and Alcohol Treatment Act 2007 No 7	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendment of Drug and Alcohol Treatment Act 2007 No 7

[1]      Schedule 1 Substances

Insert in Columns 1 and 2, in alphabetical order of matters in Column 1:

SEDATIVES & HYPNOTICS—Benzodiazepines Alprazolam
Clonazepam
Diazepam
Flunitrazepam
Midazolam
Nitrazepam
Oxazepam
Temazepam
Other Benzodiazepines

[2]      Schedule 1

Insert in Column 2, after “Kava lactones” in the matters relating to
“SEDATIVES & HYPNOTICS—Other sedatives & hypnotics”:

Zolpidem