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DRUG MISUSE AND TRAFFICKING ACT 1985 - NOTES

- As at 11 November 2009 - Act 226 of 1985

See also:

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill (No 2) 2009

Reprint history:

Reprint No 1   16 February 1989  
Reprint No 2   1 July 1993  
Reprint No 3   17 June 1996  
Reprint No 4   6 January 1998  
Reprint No 5   17 July 2000  
Reprint No 6   3 September 2002  
Reprint No 7   12 April 2005  
Reprint No 8   15 January 2008  

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am amended LW legislation website Sch Schedule
Cl clause No number Schs Schedules
Cll clauses p page Sec section
Div Division pp pages Secs sections
Divs Divisions Reg Regulation Subdiv Subdivision
GG Government Gazette Regs Regulations Subdivs Subdivisions
Ins inserted Rep repealed Subst substituted

Table of amending instruments

Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 No 226. Assented to 18.12.1985. Date of commencement, secs 1 and 2 excepted, 25.5.1986, sec 2 and GG No 85 of 23.5.1986, p 2289. This Act has been amended as follows:

1986 No 47 Drug Misuse and Trafficking (Amendment) Act 1986. Assented to 9.5.1986.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, 15.2.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 25 of 6.2.1987, p 573.
1987 No 48 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 1) 1987. Assented to 28.5.1987.
No 145 Drug Misuse and Trafficking (Amendment) Act 1987. Assented to 16.6.1987.
No 156 Drug Misuse and Trafficking (Further Amendment) Act 1987. Assented to 18.11.1987.
Date of commencement, secs 1 and 2 excepted, 18.12.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 193 of 18.12.1987, p 6944.
1988 No 17 Drug Misuse and Trafficking (Amendment) Act 1988. Assented to 21.6.1988.
Date of commencement, Sch 1 (8) excepted, 21.8.1988, sec 2 and GG No 134 of 19.8.1988, p 4344; date of commencement of Sch 1 (8), 9.10.1988, sec 2 and GG No 151 of 7.10.1988, p 5269.
No 63 Drug Misuse and Trafficking (Further Amendment) Act 1988. Assented to 21.11.1988.
Date of commencement, 12.2.1989, sec 2 and GG No 21 of 10.2.1989, p 912.
1989 No 218 Crimes (Life Sentences) Amendment Act 1989. Assented to 21.12.1989.
Date of commencement, 12.1.1990, sec 2 and GG No 7 of 12.1.1990, p 171.
1992 No 112 Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992. Assented to 8.12.1992.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
1995 No 22 Criminal Procedure Amendment (Indictable Offences) Act 1995. Assented to 19.6.1995.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.4, 1.9.1995, sec 2 and GG No 105 of 1.9.1995, p 5044.
No 23 Criminal Legislation Amendment Act 1995. Assented to 19.6.1995.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.5, 1.7.1995, sec 2 and GG No 79 of 30.6.1995, p 3433.
1996 No 2 Poisons Amendment (Therapeutic Goods) Act 1996. Assented to 8.5.1996.
Date of commencement, 1.9.1996, sec 2 and GG No 99 of 30.8.1996, p 4984.
No 121 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1996. Assented to 3.12.1996.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.2, assent, sec 2 (2).
1997 No 87 Health Legislation Amendment Act 1997. Assented to 21.10.1997.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 12.12.1997, sec 2 and GG No 146 of 12.12.1997, p 9926.
1998 No 73 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment (Ongoing Dealing) Act 1998. Assented to 14.7.1998.
Date of commencement, 7.8.1998, sec 2 and GG No 112 of 24.7.1998, p 5603.
No 102 Nurses Amendment (Nurse Practitioners) Act 1998. Assented to 2.11.1998.
Date of commencement, 29.10.1999, sec 2 and GG No 124 of 29.10.1999, p 10238.
No 149 Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 8.12.1998.
Date of commencement, 8.2.1999, sec 2 and GG No 15 of 5.2.1999, p 391.
No 160 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment (Controlled Operations and Integrity Testing Programs) Act 1998. Assented to 14.12.1998.
Date of commencement, 8.2.1999, sec 2 and GG No 15 of 5.2.1999, p 392.
1999 No 67 Drug Summit Legislative Response Act 1999. Assented to 30.11.1999.
Date of commencement of Schs 1 and 2, 10.3.2000, sec 2 and GG No 35 of 10.3.2000, p 1781.
No 94 Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.19, 3.4.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 42 of 31.3.2000, p 2487.
2000 No 107 Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act 2000. Assented to 14.12.2000.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, 23.2.2001, sec 2 and GG No 41 of 23.2.2001, p 778.
2001 No 30 Police Powers (Drug Premises) Act 2001. Assented to 27.6.2001.
Date of commencement, 1.7.2001, sec 2 and GG No 106 of 29.6.2001, p 5207.
No 117 Criminal Legislation Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 18.12.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 8, 21.12.2001, sec 2 (1) and GG No 196 of 21.12.2001, p 10437.
No 121 Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
2002 No 21 Drug Summit Legislative Response Amendment (Trial Period Extension) Act 2002. Assented to 18.6.2002.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
No 103 Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002. Assented to 29.11.2002.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.12.2005, sec 2 and GG No 45 of 15.4.2005, p 1356.
No 128 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment (Dangerous Exhibits) Act 2002. Assented to 16.12.2002.
Date of commencement, 1.1.2003, sec 2 and GG No 263 of 20.12.2002, p 10743.
2003 No 45 Nurses Amendment Act 2003. Assented to 30.9.2003.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.2, 1.8.2004, sec 2 (1) and GG No 126 of 30.7.2004, p 6114.
No 47 Drug Summit Legislative Response Amendment (Trial Period Extension) Act 2003. Assented to 23.10.2003.
Date of commencement, 31.10.2003, sec 2.
No 87 Veterinary Practice Act 2003. Assented to 5.12.2003.
Date of commencement of Sch 3.8, 1.9.2006, sec 2 (1) and GG No 111 of 1.9.2006, p 7064.
2006 No 39 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 31.5.2006.
Date of commencement of Sch 1 [1]-[15] [17]-[19] [21] [23] [24] (except to the extent that it inserts the matter relating to 1,4-Butanediol and Gamma butyrolactone) and [26], 24.7.2006, sec 2 and GG No 93 of 21.7.2006, p 5747; Sch 1 [16] [20] [22] [24] (to the extent that it inserts the matter relating to 1,4-Butanediol and Gamma butyrolactone) [25] and [27] were not commenced and were repealed by the Criminal Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No 57.
No 57 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment (Hydroponic Cultivation) Act 2006. Assented to 20.6.2006.
Date of commencement, 14.7.2006, sec 2 and GG No 92 of 14.7.2006, p 5473.
No 59 Pharmacy Practice Act 2006. Assented to 7.9.2006.
Date of commencement of Sch 7.3, 25.2.2008, sec 2 (1) and GG No 21 of 22.2.2008, p 1038.
No 94 Police Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2006. Assented to 22.11.2006.
Date of commencement of Sch 3.10, 1.2.2007, sec 2 and GG No 22 of 1.2.2007, p 575.
No 107 Crimes and Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 29.11.2006.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.15 [1] [2] and [13], 2.2.2007, Sch 1.15 and GG No 24 of 2.2.2007, p 588; date of commencement of Sch 1.15 [3]-[12], assent, sec 2 (2).
No 120 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2006. Assented to 4.12.2006.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2).
2007 No 17 Drug Summit Legislative Response Amendment (Trial Period Extension) Act 2007. Assented to 4.7.2007.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
No 27 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007. Assented to 4.7.2007.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2).
No 57 Criminal Legislation Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 15.11.2007.
Date of commencement of Sch 4 [1] and [7]-[12], 7.12.2007, sec 2 (2) and GG No 180 of 7.12.2007, p 9253; date of commencement of Sch 4 [2]-[6], 12.12.2008, sec 2 (2) and GG No 155 of 5.12.2008, p 11718.
No 94 Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2008 No 58 Hemp Industry Act 2008. Assented to 1.7.2008.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.1 [1] and [3], assent, sec 2 (2); date of commencement of Sch 2.1 [2], 31.10.2008, sec 2 (1) and GG No 138 of 31.10.2008, p 10471.
2009 (221) Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment (Prohibited Drug) Regulation 2009. LW 5.6.2009.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
This Act has also been amended by regulations under sec 44.

Table of amendments

Sec 3 Am 1986, Sch 2 (1); 1988 No 17, Sch 1 (1); 1998 No 102, Sch 3.3 [1]; 2002 No 103, Sch 4.25 [1]; 2003 No 45, Sch 2.2 [1]-[3]; 2003 No 87, Sch 3.8 [1]; 2006 No 57, Sch 1 [1]-[4]; 2006 No 59, Sch 7.3; 2008 No 58, Sch 2.1 [1].
Sec 7 Am 2001 No 30, Sch 3.
Sec 8A Ins 2008 No 58, Sch 2.1 [2].
Sec 9 Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.88 [1]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 10 Am 1986 No 47, Sch 2 (2); 1997 No 87, Sch 2 [1] [2]; 1998 No 160, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 11 Am 1987 No 48, Sch 7; 1987 No 145, sec 2; 1995 No 23, Sch 1.5 [1]; 2003 No 45, Sch 2.2 [4]; 2003 No 87, Sch 3.8 [2].
Sec 11A Ins 1987 No 156, sec 3. Am 2006 No 39, Sch 1 [1]-[3].
Sec 11B Ins 2006 No 107, Sch 1.15 [1].
Sec 11C Ins 2007 No 57, Sch 4 [1].
Sec 13 Am 1986 No 47, Sch 2 (3).
Sec 15 Am 1998 No 102, Sch 3.3 [2]; 2003 No 45, Sch 2.2 [5]; 2003 No 87, Sch 3.8 [2].
Sec 16 Am 1998 No 102, Sch 3.3 [2]; 2003 No 45, Sch 2.2 [6]; 2003 No 87, Sch 3.8 [2].
Sec 17 Am 1986 No 47, Sch 2 (4); 1998 No 102, Sch 3.3 [3]; 2003 No 45, Sch 2.2 [7]; 2003 No 87, Sch 3.8 [2].
Sec 18 Subst 1986 No 47, Sch 2 (5). Am 1998 No 102, Sch 3.3 [4]-[7]; 2003 No 45, Sch 2.2 [8].
Sec 18A Ins 1999 No 67, Sch 2.
Sec 20 Am 1998 No 149, Sch 2.7 [1].
Sec 21 Am 1988 No 17, Sch 1 (2).
Sec 22 Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.88 [2]; 2006 No 39, Sch 1 [4]; 2006 No 120, Sch 2.23.
Sec 23 Am 1986 No 47, Sch 2 (6); 1998 No 160, Sch 1 [2]; 2006 No 57, Sch 1 [5]-[7].
Sec 23A Ins 2006 No 57, Sch 1 [8].
Sec 24 Am 1986 No 47, Sch 2 (7); 2006 No 39, Sch 1 [5]-[8].
Sec 24A Ins 2000 No 107, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2001 No 117, Sch 8; 2006 No 39, Sch 1 [9]; 2006 No 107, Sch 1.15 [2]; 2007 No 57, Sch 4 [2] [3].
Sec 24B Ins 2007 No 57, Sch 4 [4].
Sec 25 Am 1986 No 47, Sch 2 (8); 1995 No 23, Sch 1.5 [2] [3]; 1997 No 87, Sch 2 [3]; 1998 No 160, Sch 1 [3] [4]; 2006 No 39, Sch 1 [10]-[12].
Sec 25A Ins 1998 No 73, Sch 1.
Sec 28 Am 1998 No 149, Sch 2.7 [1].
Sec 29 Am 1998 No 102, Sch 3.3 [8]; 2003 No 45, Sch 2.2 [9]; 2003 No 87, Sch 3.8 [2].
Sec 30 Am 1988 No 17, Sch 1 (3); 1995 No 22, Sch 2.4 [1]; 1995 No 23, Sch 1.5 [4]; 1998 No 149, Sch 2.7 [2] [3]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.19; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.88 [3]; 2006 No 39, Sch 1 [13] [14]; 2006 No 57, Sch 1 [9] [10].
Sec 31 Am 1988 No 17, Sch 1 (4); 1995 No 22, Sch 2.4 [2]; 1995 No 23, Sch 1.5 [4]; 1998 No 149, Sch 2.7 [4] [5]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.19; 2000 No 107, Sch 1 [2]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.88 [3]; 2006 No 39, Sch 1 [13] [14]; 2006 No 57, Sch 1 [9] [10]; 2007 No 57, Sch 4 [5].
Sec 32 Am 1988 No 17, Sch 1 (5); 1995 No 22, Sch 2.4 [3]; 1995 No 23, Sch 1.5 [4]; 1998 No 149, Sch 2.7 [6]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.19; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.88 [3].
Sec 33 Subst 1988 No 17, Sch 1 (6). Am 1995 No 23, Sch 1.5 [5]; 1998 No 149, Sch 2.7 [6]; 2006 No 57, Sch 1 [11].
Sec 33AA Ins 1995 No 23, Sch 1.5 [6]. Am 1998 No 149, Sch 2.7 [6].
Sec 33AB Ins 2000 No 107, Sch 1 [3]. Am 2007 No 57, Sch 4 [6].
Sec 33AC Ins 2006 No 39, Sch 1 [15].
Sec 33AD Ins 2006 No 57, Sch 1 [12].
Sec 33A Ins 1989 No 218, Sch 2.
Sec 35 Subst 1986 No 47, Sch 1 (1).
Sec 35A Ins 2007 No 57, Sch 4 [7].
Part 2A Ins 1999 No 67, Sch 1.
Part 2A, Div 1 Ins 1999 No 67, Sch 1.
Sec 36A Ins 1999 No 67, Sch 1. Am 2002 No 21, Sch 1 [1]; 2003 No 47, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2007 No 17, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 36B Ins 1999 No 67, Sch 1. Am 2002 No 21, Sch 1 [2]; 2003 No 47, Sch 1 [3] [4]; 2007 No 17, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 36C Ins 1999 No 67, Sch 1.
Sec 36D Ins 1999 No 67, Sch 1. Am 2002 No 21, Sch 1 [3]; 2003 No 47, Sch 1 [5].
Part 2A, Div 2 Ins 1999 No 67, Sch 1.
Secs 36E, 36F Ins 1999 No 67, Sch 1.
Sec 36G Ins 1999 No 67, Sch 1. Am 2002 No 21, Sch 1 [4].
Secs 36H-36J Ins 1999 No 67, Sch 1.
Sec 36K Ins 1999 No 67, Sch 1. Subst 2007 No 17, Sch 1 [3].
Part 2A, Divs 3, 4 (secs 36L-36P) Ins 1999 No 67, Sch 1.
Part 2A, Div 5 Ins 1999 No 67, Sch 1.
Secs 36Q-36S Ins 1999 No 67, Sch 1.
Sec 36T Ins 2002 No 21, Sch 1 [5]. Am 2003 No 47, Sch 1 [6]; 2007 No 17, Sch 1 [4].
Part 2B Ins 2002 No 103, Sch 4.25 [2].
Sec 36TA Ins 2006 No 57, Sch 1 [13]. Am 2006 No 107, Sch 1.15 [3].
Sec 36U Ins 2002 No 103, Sch 4.25 [2].
Sec 36V Ins 2002 No 103, Sch 4.25 [2]. Am 2006 No 57, Sch 1 [14].
Sec 36W Ins 2002 No 103, Sch 4.25 [2]. Am 2006 No 57, Sch 1 [15] [16].
Sec 36X Ins 2002 No 103, Sch 4.25 [2].
Sec 36Y Ins 2002 No 103, Sch 4.25 [2]. Subst 2006 No 107, Sch 1.15 [4].
Sec 36Z Ins 2002 No 103, Sch 4.25 [2]. Subst 2006 No 107, Sch 1.15 [5].
Sec 36ZA Ins 2002 No 103, Sch 4.25 [2]. Am 2006 No 107, Sch 1.15 [6]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Secs 36ZB, 36ZC Ins 2002 No 103, Sch 4.25 [2].
Sec 37 Rep 2002 No 103, Sch 4.25 [3].
Sec 38 Am 1988 No 17, Sch 1 (7).
Sec 39 Am 1986 No 47, Sch 2 (9).
Part 3A Ins 1986 No 47, Sch 1 (2).
Part 3A, Div 1 Ins 1986 No 47, Sch 1 (2).
Sec 39A Ins 1986 No 47, Sch 1 (2). Subst 2006 No 39, Sch 1 [17]; 2006 No 107, Sch 1.15 [7].
Secs 39B-39H Ins 1986 No 47, Sch 1 (2). Am 2006 No 107, Sch 1.15 [8].
Sec 39I Ins 1986 No 47, Sch 1 (2). Am 1998 No 160, Sch 1 [5] [6]; 2006 No 107, Sch 1.15 [8].
Secs 39J-39M Ins 1986 No 47, Sch 1 (2). Am 2006 No 107, Sch 1.15 [8].
Part 3A, Div 2 Ins 1986 No 47, Sch 1 (2).
Sec 39N Ins 1986 No 47, Sch 1 (2). Am 1998 No 160, Sch 1 [7].
Secs 39O, 39P Ins 1986 No 47, Sch 1 (2).
Part 3A, Div 2A (sec 39PA) Ins 2002 No 128, Sch 1.
Part 3A, Div 2B Ins 2006 No 39, Sch 1 [18].
Sec 39PB Ins 2006 No 39, Sch 1 [18]. Am 2006 No 94, Sch 3.10; 2006 No 107, Sch 1.15 [9]-[11].
Part 3A, Div 3 Ins 1986 No 47, Sch 1 (2).
Sec 39Q Ins 1986 No 47, Sch 1 (2).
Sec 39R Ins 1986 No 47, Sch 1 (2). Am 2006 No 107, Sch 1.15 [12].
Sec 39RA Ins 1998 No 160, Sch 1 [8]. Am 2006 No 39, Sch 1 [19]; 2006 No 94, Sch 3.10; 2007 No 27, Sch 2.13.
Sec 39S Ins 1986 No 47, Sch 1 (2).
Sec 40A Ins 1986 No 47, Sch 2 (10). Am 2007 No 57, Sch 4 [8].
Sec 41A Ins 2008 No 58, Sch 2.1 [3].
Sec 43 Am 1986 No 47, Sch 2 (11); 1988 No 17, Sch 1 (8); 1996 No 2, Sch 2; 1996 No 121, Sch 1.2; 2006 No 39, Sch 1 [21].
Sec 44 Subst 1988 No 63, Sch 1 (1).
Sec 44A Ins 2007 No 57, Sch 4 [9].
Sec 45 Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.88 [4]; 2006 No 39, Sch 1 [23]; 2006 No 107, Sch 1.15 [13]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sch 1 Am GG No 136 of 29.8.1986, p 4184; GG No 109 of 26.6.1987, p 3391 (on and from 1.7.1987); GG No 33 of 19.2.1988, p 953. Subst 1988 No 17, Sch 1 (9). Am 1988 No 63, Sch 1 (2); GG No 65 of 18.5.1990, p 3901 (on and from 3.6.1990); GG No 134 of 27.9.1991, p 8341 (on and from 20.10.1991); GG No 82 of 23.7.1993, p 4052 (on and from 25.7.1993); GG No 136 of 7.10.1994, p 6165 (on and from 10.10.1994); GG No 83 of 7.7.1995, p 3581; GG No 102 of 25.8.1995, p 4453; GG No 131 of 27.10.1995, p 7419 (on and from 1.11.1995); GG No 117 of 18.10.1996, p 6959; GG No 146 of 13.12.1996, p 8254 (on and from 20.12.1996); GG No 18 of 14.2.1997, p 548; GG No 6 of 13.1.1999, p 113; GG No 27 of 5.3.1999, p 1553; GG No 105 of 18.8.2000, p 7749 (on and from 21.8.2000); GG No 156 of 12.10.2001, p 8518 (on and from 1.3.2002); GG No 149 of 20.9.2002, p 8201; GG No 75 of 17.4.2003, p 4527; GG No 121 of 1.8.2003, p 7537; GG No 197B of 19.12.2003, p 11591; 2006 No 39, Sch 1 [24] [26]; 2006 No 57, Sch 1 [17]; 2007 No 57, Sch 4 [10] [11]; 2009 (221), cl 3 (1) (2).
Sch 2 Ins 2007 No 57, Sch 4 [12].