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DRUGS OF DEPENDENCE ACT 1989 - SECT 176

Treatment centre inspectors—appointment

    (1)     The Minister may, by writing signed by the Minister, appoint persons to be treatment centre inspectors for this Act.

    (2)     The Minister shall only appoint as a treatment centre inspector a person who, in the opinion of the Minister, has extensive knowledge of—

        (a)     the physical, psychological and social problems connected with the abuse of drugs of dependence and prohibited substances; or

        (b)     the treatment of persons suffering from such problems; or

        (c)     health education in relation to such problems.

    (3)     The Minister issue to a treatment centre inspector an identity card that specifies the name and appointment of the inspector and on which appears a recent photograph of the inspector.

    (4)     On ceasing to be a treatment centre inspector, a person shall not fail, without reasonable excuse, to return his or her identity card to the Minister.

Maximum penalty (subsection (4)): 1 penalty unit.



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