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Queensland
DRUGS MISUSE
AMENDMENT BILL 2000
Queensland
DRUGS MISUSE AMENDMENT BILL
2000
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF DRUGS MISUSE ACT 1986
2 Act amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Amendment of s 4 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of s 4A (Salts, derivatives and stereo-isomers) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5 Amendment of s 5 (Trafficking in dangerous drugs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6 Amendment of s 6 (Supplying dangerous drugs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Amendment of s 7 (Receiving or possessing property obtained
from trafficking or supplying) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8 Amendment of s 8 (Producing dangerous drugs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
9 Amendment of s 8A (Publishing or possessing instructions for
producing dangerous drugs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
10 Amendment of s 9 (Possessing dangerous drugs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
11 Amendment of s 10 (Possessing things) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
12 Amendment of s 11 (Permitting use of place) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
13 Amendment of s 13 (Certain offences may be dealt with summarily) . . . . 9
14 Insertion of new pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
PART 3--ENFORCEMENT POWERS OF AUTHORISED
HEALTH OFFICERS
14 Authorised health officers may exercise powers under
Health Act for enforcing s 9 for particular dangerous drugs . . . . . . . 9
15 Production or display of officer's official identity card . . . . . . . . . . 9
15 Amendment of s 43A (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2
Drugs Misuse Amendment
16 Replacement of s 43H (Production or display of authorised
officer's official identity card) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
43H Production or display of officer's official identity card . . . . . . . . . . 10
17 Amendment of s 43I (Authorised officer may enter person's
premises and inspect register and documents) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
18 Amendment of s 43J (Power to seize evidence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
19 Amendment of s 43K (Receipt for seized things) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
20 Amendment of s 43L (Procedure after thing seized) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
21 Amendment of s 43O (Power to require name and address) . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
22 Amendment of s 43Q (Obstruction of authorised officers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
23 Amendment of s 43T (Compensation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
24 Omission of ss 43U and 43V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
25 Insertion of new ss 57A and 57B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
57A Evidence of prescribed substance by label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
57B Evidence of prescribed substance--notice of challenge required . . 13
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF REGULATIONS
26 Regulations amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
AMENDMENT OF REGULATIONS
DRUGS MISUSE REGULATION 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
HEALTH (DRUGS AND POISONS) REGULATION 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2000
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Drugs Misuse Act 1986, and for other purposes
s1 4 s3
Drugs Misuse Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
ART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
P
title 3
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Drugs Misuse Amendment Act 2000. 4
ART 2--AMENDMENT OF DRUGS MISUSE ACT 5
P
1986 6
amended in pt 2 7
Act
Clause 2. This part amends the Drugs Misuse Act 1986. 8
of s 4 (Definitions) 9
Amendment
Clause 3.(1) Section 4-- 10
insert-- 11
` "authorised health officer" see section 14. 12
"official identity card", of an authorised health officer or an environmental 13
health officer, means an identity card issued by the chief executive for 14
health containing a recent photograph of the officer and identifying the 15
officer as an officer under the Health Act 1937. 16
"prescribed substance" means-- 17
(a) a dangerous drug specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987, 18
schedule 2A; or 19
(b) a controlled substance.'. 20
s4 5 s7
Drugs Misuse Amendment
(2) Section 4, definition "dangerous drug", paragraph (a), `or 2'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`, 2 or 2A'. 3
of s 4A (Salts, derivatives and stereo-isomers) 4
Amendment
Clause 4. Section 4A(a), `or 2'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`, 2 or 2A'. 7
of s 5 (Trafficking in dangerous drugs) 8
Amendment
Clause 5. Section 5, penalty-- 9
insert-- 10
`(c) if the dangerous drug is a thing specified in the Drugs Misuse 11
Regulation 1987, schedule 2A--5 years imprisonment.'. 12
of s 6 (Supplying dangerous drugs) 13
Amendment
Clause 6. Section 6(1), penalty-- 14
insert-- 15
`(e) if the dangerous drug is a thing specified in the Drugs Misuse 16
Regulation 1987, schedule 2A--5 years imprisonment.'. 17
of s 7 (Receiving or possessing property obtained from 18
Amendment
trafficking or supplying) 19
Clause 7.(1) Section 7(1), `(other than a dangerous drug)'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`, other than a dangerous drug, ("offence property")'. 22
(2) Section 7(1), penalty-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
s8 6 s8
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`Maximum penalty-- 1
(a) if the offence or act, from the commission of which the offence 2
property was obtained, related to a dangerous drug that is a thing 3
specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987, schedule 1 4
or 2--20 years imprisonment; or 5
(b) if the offence or act, from the commission of which the offence 6
property was obtained, related to a dangerous drug that is a thing 7
specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987, 8
schedule 2A--5 years imprisonment.'. 9
(3) Section 7(2), `the property so obtained'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`the offence property'. 12
(4) Section 7(2), penalty-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`Maximum penalty-- 15
(a) if the offence or act, from the commission of which the offence 16
property was obtained, related to a dangerous drug that is a thing 17
specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987, schedule 1 18
or 2--20 years imprisonment; or 19
(b) if the offence or act, from the commission of which the offence 20
property was obtained, related to a dangerous drug that is a thing 21
specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987, 22
schedule 2A--5 years imprisonment.'. 23
of s 8 (Producing dangerous drugs) 24
Amendment
Clause 8. Section 8, penalty-- 25
insert-- 26
`(f) if the dangerous drug is a thing specified in the Drugs Misuse 27
Regulation 1987, schedule 2A--5 years imprisonment.'. 28
s9 7 s 11
Drugs Misuse Amendment
of s 8A (Publishing or possessing instructions for 1
Amendment
producing dangerous drugs) 2
Clause 9. Section 8A(1), penalty-- 3
insert-- 4
`(c) if the dangerous drug to which the instructions relate is a thing 5
specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987, 6
schedule 2A--2 years imprisonment.'. 7
of s 9 (Possessing dangerous drugs) 8
Amendment
Clause 10. Section 9, penalty-- 9
insert-- 10
`(e) if the dangerous drug is a thing specified in the Drugs Misuse 11
Regulation 1987, schedule 2A--2 years imprisonment.'. 12
of s 10 (Possessing things) 13
Amendment
Clause 11.(1) Section 10(1), penalty-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`Maximum penalty-- 16
(a) if possession of the thing is for use, or has been used, in 17
connection with the commission of a crime relating to a 18
dangerous drug that is a thing specified in the Drugs Misuse 19
Regulation 1987, schedule 1 or 2--15 years imprisonment; or 20
(b) if possession of the thing is for use, or has been used, in 21
connection with the commission of a crime relating to a 22
dangerous drug that is a thing specified in the Drugs Misuse 23
Regulation 1987, schedule 2A--2 years imprisonment.'. 24
(2) Section 10-- 25
insert-- 26
`(6) For subsection (1), the dangerous drug to which the commission of 27
a crime relates is the dangerous drug directly or indirectly involved and in 28
relation to which proof is required to establish the commission of the crime. 29
s 12 8 s 12
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1
Example--
2
Suppose a person is guilty of a crime against this section because he or she has in
3
his or her possession equipment for use in connection with the commission of a crime
4
defined in section 8 of unlawfully producing a dangerous drug. That dangerous drug
5
is the dangerous drug referred to in the penalty for subsection (1).'.
of s 11 (Permitting use of place) 6
Amendment
Clause 12.(1) Section 11, penalty-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`Maximum penalty-- 9
(a) if the place is permitted to be used for the commission of a crime 10
in relation to a dangerous drug that is a thing specified in the 11
Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987, schedule 1 or 2--15 years 12
imprisonment; or 13
(b) if the place is permitted to be used for the commission of a crime 14
in relation to a dangerous drug that is a thing specified in the 15
Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987, schedule 2A--2 years 16
imprisonment.'. 17
(2) Section 11-- 18
insert-- 19
`(2) For subsection (1), the dangerous drug to which the commission of 20
a crime relates is the dangerous drug directly or indirectly involved and in 21
relation to which proof is required to establish the commission of the crime. 22
23
Example--
24
Suppose a person is guilty of a crime against this section because, being the
25
occupier of a place, he or she permitted another person to use the place for the
26
commission of a crime defined in section 8A of publishing instructions about the way
27
to produce a dangerous drug. That dangerous drug is the dangerous drug referred to in
28
the penalty for subsection (1).'.
s 13 9 s 14
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of s 13 (Certain offences may be dealt with summarily) 1
Amendment
Clause 13. Section 13(1), (2)(c) and (4), `a maximum of'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`not more than'. 4
of new pt 3 5
Insertion
Clause 14. After section 13-- 6
insert-- 7
`PART 3--ENFORCEMENT POWERS OF 8
AUTHORISED HEALTH OFFICERS 9
health officers may exercise powers under Health Act for 10
`Authorised
enforcing s 9 for particular dangerous drugs 11
`14.(1) The chief executive for health may, by signed writing, authorise 12
an officer, or officer of a class of officer, within the meaning of the Health 13
Act 1937 ("authorised health officer") to enforce section 9 for a 14
dangerous drug that is a thing specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 15
1987, schedule 2A. 16
`(2) For enforcing section 9, an authorised health officer may exercise the 17
powers conferred on the officer under the Health Act 1937, section 132.1 18
or display of officer's official identity card 19
`Production
`15.(1) An authorised health officer may exercise a power for enforcing 20
section 9 for a dangerous drug that is a thing specified in the Drugs Misuse 21
Regulation 1987, schedule 2A in relation to someone else (the "other 22
person") only if the officer-- 23
(a) first produces the officer's official identity card for the other 24
person's inspection; or 25
1 Health Act 1937, Section 132 (Powers of officers)
s 15 10 s 16
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(b) has the official identity card displayed so that it is clearly visible to 1
the other person. 2
`(2) However, if for any reason it is not practicable to comply with 3
subsection (1) before exercising the power, the authorised health officer 4
must produce the official identity card for the other person's inspection at 5
the first reasonable opportunity.'. 6
of s 43A (Definitions) 7
Amendment
Clause 15.(1) Section 43A, definitions "authorised officer", and "official 8
identity card"-- 9
omit. 10
(2) Section 43A, definitions "chief executive for health", "controlled 11
substance" and "environmental health officer"-- 12
relocate to section 4. 13
of s 43H (Production or display of authorised officer's 14
Replacement
official identity card) 15
Clause 16. Section 43H-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
or display of officer's official identity card 18
`Production
`43H.(1) An environmental health officer may exercise a power under 19
this part in relation to someone else (the "other person") only if the 20
officer-- 21
(a) first produces the officer's official identity card for the other 22
person's inspection; or 23
(b) has the official identity card displayed so that it is clearly visible to 24
the other person. 25
`(2) However, if for any reason it is not practicable to comply with 26
subsection (1) before exercising the power, the environmental health officer 27
must produce the official identity card for the other person's inspection at 28
the first reasonable opportunity.'. 29
s 17 11 s 21
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of s 43I (Authorised officer may enter person's premises 1
Amendment
and inspect register and documents) 2
Clause 17.(1) Section 43I, heading, `Authorised'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`Environmental health'. 5
(2) Section 43I, `authorised'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`environmental health'. 8
of s 43J (Power to seize evidence) 9
Amendment
Clause 18. Section 43J, `authorised'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`environmental health'. 12
of s 43K (Receipt for seized things) 13
Amendment
Clause 19. Section 43K(1), `authorised'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`environmental health'. 16
of s 43L (Procedure after thing seized) 17
Amendment
Clause 20. Section 43L, `authorised'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`environmental health'. 20
of s 43O (Power to require name and address) 21
Amendment
Clause 21. Section 43O, `authorised'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`environmental health'. 24
s 22 12 s 25
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of s 43Q (Obstruction of authorised officers) 1
Amendment
Clause 22.(1) Section 43Q, heading, `authorised'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`environmental health'. 4
(2) Section 43Q, `authorised'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`environmental health'. 7
of s 43T (Compensation) 8
Amendment
Clause 23. Section 43T(1), `authorised'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`environmental health'. 11
mission of ss 43U and 43V 12
O
Clause 24. Sections 43U and 43V-- 13
omit. 14
of new ss 57A and 57B 15
Insertion
Clause 25. After section 57-- 16
insert-- 17
of prescribed substance by label 18
`Evidence
`57A.(1) This section applies if, in a proceeding for an offence against 19
this Act, it is relevant to prove that a substance owned or supplied by, or in 20
the possession of, a person was a prescribed substance. 21
`(2) The substance is proved to have been a prescribed substance if-- 22
(a) there is evidence that the container containing the substance had a 23
label indicating the substance was a prescribed substance; and 24
s 25 13 s 25
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(b) a police officer, authorised health officer or environmental health 1
officer gives evidence that the police officer, authorised health 2
officer or environmental health officer believes the container 3
contained a prescribed substance; and 4
(c) written notice mentioned in section 57B(4) has not been received 5
from the person summonsed or charged by-- 6
(i) if the proceedings have been brought by a police officer--the 7
commissioner of the police service; or 8
(ii) if the proceedings have been brought by an authorised health 9
officer or an environmental health--the chief executive for 10
health; and 11
(d) the court considers the belief mentioned in paragraph (b) to be 12
reasonably held; and 13
(e) there is no evidence to the contrary. 14
of prescribed substance--notice of challenge required 15
`Evidence
`57B.(1) This section applies if a summons has been served on a person 16
for, or a person has been charged with, an offence to which section 57A 17
applies. 18
`(2) A notice in the approved form must be served on the person when 19
the person is served with the summons or charged with the offence. 20
`(3) The notice may be served on the person in the same way as a 21
summons may be served under the Justices Act 1886, section 56.2 22
`(4) The notice must inform the person that, if the person intends 23
challenging that a substance claimed in the charge to be a prescribed 24
substance was a prescribed substance, the person must give written notice 25
of challenge to-- 26
(a) if the proceedings have been brought by a police officer--the 27
commissioner of the police service; or 28
2 Justices Act 1886, section 56 (Service of summonses)
s 26 14 s 26
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(b) if the proceedings have been brought by an authorised health 1
officer or an environmental health officer--the chief executive for 2
health. 3
`(5) The notice of challenge must be given to the commissioner or chief 4
executive at least 14 days before the day fixed for the hearing of the offence. 5
`(6) If a summons is served on the person, a statement in a deposition 6
made for the Justices Act 1886, section 56(3)(b) that the notice was served 7
as required by subsection (2) is evidence of the fact. 8
`(7) The Justices Act 1886, section 56(5) applies to the deposition. 9
`(8) If the person is charged with an offence mentioned in subsection (1), 10
a statement in a deposition made for the Justices Act 1886, section 56(7) that 11
the notice was served as required by subsection (2) is evidence of the fact. 12
`(9) The Justices Act 1886, section 56(8) applies to the deposition.'. 13
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF REGULATIONS 14
amended 15
Regulations
Clause 26. The schedule amends the regulations it mentions. 16
17
15
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SCHEDULE 1
¡
AMENDMENT OF REGULATIONS 2
section 26 3
RUGS MISUSE REGULATION 1987 4
´D
5
1. After schedule 2-- 6
insert-- 7
`SCHEDULE 2A 8
`DANGEROUS DRUGS 9
sections 4, 5, 6, 8, 8A, 9 and 59 of the Act 10
Androisoxazole 11
Atamestane 12
Bambuterol 13
Bolandiol 14
Bolesterone 15
Bolazine 16
Boldenone (dehydrotestosterone) 17
Bolenol 18
Bolmantalate 19
16
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SCHEDULE (continued)
Calusterone 1
Chlorandrostenolone 2
4-Chloromethandienone 3
Chloroxydienone 4
Chloroxymesterone (dehydrochloromethyltestosterone) 5
Clembuterol 6
Clostebol (4-chlorotestosterone) 7
Danazol 8
Dihydrolone 9
Dimethandrostanolone 10
Drostanolone 11
Enestebol 12
Ephedrine 13
Epitiostanol 14
Ethyldienolone 15
Ethyloestranol 16
Fenoterol 17
Flunitrazepam 18
Fluoxymesterone 19
Formebolone (formyldienolone) 20
Formoterol 21
Furazabol 22
Hydroxystenozol 23
Mebolazine 24
Mepitiostane 25
Mesabolone 26
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SCHEDULE (continued)
Mestanolone (androstalone) 1
Mesterolone 2
Methandienone 3
Methandriol 4
Methenolone 5
Methylclostebol 6
Methyltestosterone 7
Methyltrienolone 8
Metribolone 9
Mibolerone 10
Nandrolone 11
Norandrostenolone 12
Norbolethone 13
Norclostebol 14
Norethandrolone 15
Normethandrone 16
Ovandrotone 17
Oxabolone 18
Oxandrolone 19
Oxymesterone 20
Oxymethalone 21
Prasterone 22
Propetandriol 23
Quinbolone 24
Reproterol 25
18
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SCHEDULE (continued)
Salbutamol, except in metered aerosols or dry powder or capsules of dry 1
powder for inhalation 2
Silandrone 3
Somatropin 4
Stanolone 5
Stanazolol 6
Stenbolone 7
Terbutaline, except in metered aerosols for inhalation 8
Testolactone 9
Testosterone, except in implant preparations for growth promotion in 10
animals 11
Thiomesterone (tiomesterone) 12
Trenbolone (trienbolone, trienolone), except in implant preparations for use 13
in animals 14
Trestolone 15
Any other anabolic and androgenic steroidal agent'. 16
EALTH (DRUGS AND POISONS) REGULATION 17
´H
1996 18
1. Section 94-- 19
insert-- 20
`(2) In this section-- 21
19
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SCHEDULE (continued)
"controlled drug" does not include a controlled drug that is also a 1
dangerous drug under the Drugs Misuse Act 1986, schedule 2A.3'. 2
2. Section 204-- 3
insert-- 4
`(2) In this section-- 5
"restricted drug" does not include a restricted drug that is also a dangerous 6
drug under the Drugs Misuse Act 1986, schedule 2A.4'. 7
8
© State of Queensland 2000
3 The Drugs Misuse Act 1986, section 9 provides that a person who has possession
of a dangerous drug is guilty of a crime.
4 The Drugs Misuse Act 1986, section 9 provides that a person who has possession
of a dangerous drug is guilty of a crime.
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