Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

DRUGS OF DEPENDENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT (NO 31 OF 1995)

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   1.      This Act may be cited as the Drugs of Dependence (Amendment) Act 1995.  
   2.      This Act commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette.  
   3.      In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Drugs of Dependence Act 1989.1  
   4.      Nothing in the Principal Act as in force at any time before the commencement of this Act is to be taken to have rendered unlawful any action undertaken at that time in relation to the supply of methadone to a person for self-administration where that supply would be lawful under the Principal Act as amended by this Act.  
   5.      Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in subsection (1) the following definition:“ ‘treatment', in relation to the treatment of a person for drug dependence, means treatment, therapy or a program which is aimed at assisting the person in relation to that dependence, and includes—  
   6.      Section 121 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the definition of “treatment”.  
   7.      Section 149 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in subparagraph (2) (b) (viii) “or supply” after “administration”.  
   8.      Section 150 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in paragraph (2) (e) “or supply” after “administration”.  
   9.      Section 151 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in paragraph (a) “or supply” after “administration”.  
   10.     Section 164 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after paragraph (4) (b) the following paragraph:  
   11.     Section 179 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection: