Police Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1967 (WA)

1967. ] Police (No. 2). [No. 52.

POLICE. (No. 2).

No. 52 of 1967.

AN ACT to amend Part VIA of the Police Act,

1892-1967.

[Assented to 5th December, 1967.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Police Act Lhriavitn.

Amendment Act (No. 2), 1967.

(2) In this Act the Police Act, 1892-1967, is Reprinted as approved for

referred to as the principal Act.	reprint, 26th
June, 1962,
and amended by Acts Nos.

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act 29r of

44 of 1963,

may be cited as the Police Act, 1892-1967. 28 of 1964, 71 of 1964, 22 of 1985 and 7 of 1967.

No. 52.] Police (No. 2). [1967.

S. 94A

amended. 2. Section ninety-four A of the principal Act is

amended

(a) by adding after the interpretation, " 'regulations'" in subsection (1), an interpretation as follows

"specified drug" means a substance that

is a specified drug under and for the

purposes of the Poisons Act, 1964; ;

(b) by deleting paragraph (c) of subsection (2) and substituting the following paragraph

(c) any drug of addiction that is included in the Eighth Schedule in Appendix "A" to the Poisons Act, 1964, or that is added to that Schedule pursuant to the provisions of that Act, and any specified drug. .

S. 94E

amended. 3. Section ninety-four E of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the words, "two hundred and fifty pounds or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a term not exceeding twelve months" in lines four, five and six of subsection (1), the words, "one thousand five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years".