Misuse of Drugs Amendment Regulations 2010 (WA)

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Regulations 2010.

P0301*

Misuse of Drugs Act 1981

Misuse of Drugs Amendment Regulations 2010

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

I.            Citation

These regulations are the Misuse of Drugs Amendment

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2.            Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows -

(a)	regulations 1 and 2 - on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations - on the day after that day.

3.           Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1982.

4.           Regulation 7 amended

(1) In regulation 7(1):

(a) delete "section 27," and insert:

sections 27 and 28,

(b)	delete "substance" (first occurrence) and insert:
substance, or a thing (other than a prohibited drug, prohibited plant or dangerous substance) (other thing),
(c)	in paragraph (a) delete "substance;" and insert: substance, or other thing;
(d)	delete paragraph (b) and insert:

(b) in the presence of 2 witnesses from 2 of the

following classes of persons (but not so that the
2 witnesses are persons from the classes

referred to in subparagraphs (i) and (iii)) -

(1) a police officer who is a commissioned

officer appointed under the Police
Act 1892 section 6;

(ii)     a justice of the peace or a registrar of the Magistrates Court, other than a registrar of the Magistrates Court who is a police officer;

(iii)     a police officer appointed under the Police Act 1892 section 7 nominated in writing by a police officer referred to in subparagraph (1);

(iv)     an approved analyst or an approved botanist.

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(2) In regulation 7(2) delete "substance" and insert:

substance, or other thing,

5.            Regulation 9 deleted

Delete regulation 9.

By Command of the Governor,

R. KENNEDY, Clerk of the Executive Council.