Poisons and Drugs (Amendment) Act 1999 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Poisons and Drugs (Amendment) Act 1999

No. 27 of 1999

An Act to amend the Poisons and Drugs Act 1978

[Notified in ACT Gazette S22: 6 May 1999]

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

1. Short title

   This Act may be cited as the Poisons and Drugs (Amendment) Act 1999.

2. Commencement

   This Act commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette.

3. Principal Act

   In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Poisons and Drugs Act 1978.1

4. Advertising scheduled substances

   Section 48A of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the following subsection:

5. In subsection (1), a reference to a Schedule 3 substance shall be read as not including a reference to a Schedule 3 substance that is listed in Appendix H to the Drugs and Poisons Standard.”.

NOTE

Principal Act

1. Reprinted as at 28 February 1995.  See also Acts Nos. 70 and 126, 1997; No. 54, 1998.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 25 March 1999]

©  Australian Capital Territory 1999