Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

SUPERVISED INJECTING PLACE TRIAL ACT 1999 - SECT 7

    (1)     The Minister may, after consultation with the advisory committee, by instrument approve a protocol that deals with—

        (a)     the detection, investigation and prosecution of offences by a person who self-administers a substance at the facility; and

        (b)     anything else necessary or convenient to be dealt with to give effect to the object of this Act;

    as the law enforcement protocol for this Act.

    (2)     The Minister must ensure that a protocol is approved under this section that will allow the facility to function in accordance with the object of this Act.

    (3)     The Minister must not approve a protocol that has the effect of exempting a member of the staff of the facility from the operation of a law in relation to the possession, use or dealing in substances.