Drugs of Dependence Amendment Act 2001 (No 2) (ACT)

Drugs of Dependence Amendment Act 2001 (No 2)

No 98 of 2001

Contents

Page

1. Name of Act  2

2. Commencement  2

3. Act amended  2

4. Section 58 (2)  2

5. Section 58 (3)  2

6. Section 59  2

7. Section 60 (1) (j) (i)  2

8. Section 68  3

9. Section 68 (a)  3

10. Section 68 (b) (vii)  3

11. Section 68 (c) and (d)  3

12. New section 68 (2)  3

13. Section 69 (1)  4

14. Section 73 (1)  4

15. Section 74 (1)  4

16. Act  4

Drugs of Dependence Amendment Act 2001 (No 2)

No 98 of 2001

An Act to amend the Drugs of Dependence Act 1989

Notified under the Legislation Act 2001 on 20 December 2001

(see Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

1. Name of Act

   This Act is the Drugs of Dependence Amendment Act 2001 (No 2).

2. Commencement

   This Act commences on its notification day.

3. Act amended

   This Act amends the Drugs of Dependence Act 1989.

4. Section 58 (2)

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   written

5. Section 58 (3)

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   written

6. Section 59

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   written

7. Section 60 (1) (j) (i)

   substitute

   (i)if the chief health officer has approved the prescription—be endorsed ‘APPROVED BY CHO’ and include any approval number allocated by the chief health officer; or

8. Section 68

   omit

   An application

   substitute

9. An application

10. Section 68 (a)

    substitute

    (a)be made in a way approved by the chief health officer; and

    Example

    Ways of making applications that the chief health officer might approve include telephone, email and fax.

11. Section 68 (b) (vii)

    omit

    substance; and

    substitute

    substance.

12. Section 68 (c) and (d)

    omit

13. New section 68 (2)

    insert

14. If the chief health officer approves an application made orally by the applicant, the applicant must, not longer than 7 days after making the application, give written notice of the application to the chief health officer.

    Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

15. Section 69 (1)

    omit everything before paragraph (a), substitute

16. If the chief health officer receives an application under section 68, the chief health officer must—

17. Section 73 (1)

    substitute

18. The chief health officer must give notice of an approval under this division, or of a variation or revocation of an approval under this division to the applicant.

19. Section 74 (1)

    substitute

20. An approval under this division is effective when the applicant receives notice of the approval.

21. Act

    renumber subsections and paragraphs when Act next republished under Legislation Act 2001

Endnotes

Republications of amended laws

1. For the latest republication of amended laws, see units

   1. The Legislation Act 2001, s 133 deals with the meaning of offence penalties that are expressed in penalty units.

   [Presentation speech made in Assembly on 11 December 2001]

   I certify that the above is a true copy of the Drugs of Dependence Amendment Bill 2001 (No 2) which was passed by the Legislative Assembly on 13 December 2001.

   Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

   © Australian Capital Territory 2001