Proclamation re commencement (2006-403) (NSW)

2006 No 403

New South Wales

Proclamation

under the

Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment Act 2006 No 39

MARIE BASHIR, Governor I, Professor Marie Bashir AC, CVO, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment Act 2006, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 24 July 2006 as the day on which that Act commences, other than the following provisions:

(a)	Schedule 1 [16], [20], [22], [25] and [27],
(b)	so much of Schedule 1 [24] as inserts the matter relating to 1,4-Butanediol and Gamma butyrolactone into Schedule 1 to the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 19th day of July 2006.

By Her Excellency’s Command,

BOB DEBUS, M.P.,
Attorney General

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Explanatory note

The object of this Proclamation is to commence certain provisions of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment Act 2006. The uncommenced provisions relate to the addition of the substances 1,4-Butanediol and Gamma butyrolactone to Schedule 1 to the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (being the schedule of prohibited drugs) and a new defence in relation to the use of these substances in industry.

BY AUTHORITY

Published in Gazette No 93 of 21 July 2006, page 5747 Page 1