Misuse of Drugs Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2011 (WA)

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Regulations (No. 2) 2011.

POLICE

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Misuse of Drugs Act 1981

Misuse of Drugs Amendment Regulations

(No. 2) 2011

Made by the Lieutenant-Governor and Administrator in Executive
Council.

1.            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 on which the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2010 section 7(1) comes into operation.

3.            Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1982.

4.            Regulation 7 amended

(1) Before regulation 7(1) insert:

(IA) In this regulation -

relevant thing means a prohibited drug, prohibited
plant or dangerous substance or a thing contaminated

with a dangerous substance.

(2)	In regulation 7(1) delete "For the purposes of sections 27 and
28, as read with section 41, of the Act, a prohibited drug,
prohibited plant or dangerous substance, or a thing (other than a prohibited drug, prohibited plant or dangerous substance) (other thing), which is required to be destroyed shall be destroyed -" and insert:

If under section 27(1) or (4) of the Act a police officer is required to cause a relevant thing to be destroyed, it shall be destroyed -

(3) In regulation 7(1 )(a) delete "prohibited drug, prohibited plant or

dangerous substance, or other" and insert:

relevant

(4)	In regulation 7(2) delete "prohibited drug, prohibited plant or dangerous substance, or other thing," and insert:
relevant thing
5.	Regulation 8 deleted Delete regulation 8.

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6.            Schedule 1 amended

(1) In Schedule 1 Form M.D. 8A:

(a) delete "PLANTS OR DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES" and insert:

PLANTS, DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES OR OTHER RELEVANT

THINGS

(b) in paragraph (a) delete "plant or dangerous substance]" and insert:

plant, dangerous substance or other relevant thing]

(c) in paragraph (b) after "of" insert:

or from

(d) after "dangerous substance*" (each occurrence) insert: /other relevant thing*

(2) In Schedule 1 Form M.D. 8B:

(a) delete "PLANT OR DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE" and insert:

PLANT, DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE OR OTHER RELEVANT

THING

(b) delete "plant or dangerous substance]," and insert:

plant, dangerous substance or other relevant thing],

(c) delete "plant or dangerous substance] analysed" and insert:

plant, dangerous substance or other relevant thing] analysed

(3) Delete Schedule 1 Forms M.D. 9 and M.D. 10.

By Command of the Lieutenant-Governor and Administrator.

PETER CONRAN, Clerk of the Executive Council.