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CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1984 - SECT 33A

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1984 - SECT 33A

33A—Sale, manufacture etc of controlled precursor

        (1)         A person who—

            (a)         sells a large commercial quantity of a controlled precursor; or

            (b)         has possession of a large commercial quantity of a controlled precursor intending to sell it,

believing that the person to whom it is, or is to be, sold or another person intends to use any of it to unlawfully manufacture a controlled drug is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         for a basic offence

                  (i)         if the offender is a serious drug offender—$500 000 or imprisonment for life, or both; or

                  (ii)         in any other case—$200 000 or imprisonment for 25 years, or both;

            (b)         for an aggravated offence—$500 000 or imprisonment for life, or both.

        (2)         A person who—

            (a)         sells a commercial quantity of a controlled precursor; or

            (b)         has possession of a commercial quantity of a controlled precursor intending to sell it,

believing that the person to whom it is, or is to be, sold or another person intends to use any of it to unlawfully manufacture a controlled drug is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         for a basic offence

                  (i)         if the offender is a serious drug offender—$200 000 or imprisonment for 25 years, or both; or

                  (ii)         in any other case—$75 000 or imprisonment for 15 years, or both;

            (b)         for an aggravated offence—$200 000 or imprisonment for 25 years, or both.

        (3)         A person who—

            (a)         sells a controlled precursor; or

            (b)         has possession of a controlled precursor intending to sell it,

believing that the person to whom it is, or is to be, sold or another person intends to use any of it to unlawfully manufacture a controlled drug is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         for a basic offence

                  (i)         if the offender is a serious drug offender—$75 000 or imprisonment for 15 years, or both; or

                  (ii)         in any other case—$50 000 or imprisonment for 10 years, or both;

            (b)         for an aggravated offence—$75 000 or imprisonment for 15 years, or both.

        (4)         A person who manufactures a controlled precursor

            (a)         intending to unlawfully manufacture a controlled drug; and

            (b)         intending to sell any of the drug so manufactured or believing that another person intends to sell any of it,

is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         for a basic offence

                  (i)         if the offender is a serious drug offender—$75 000 or imprisonment for 15 years, or both; or

                  (ii)         in any other case—$50 000 or imprisonment for 10 years, or both;

            (b)         for an aggravated offence—$75 000 or imprisonment for 15 years, or both.

        (5)         A person who manufactures a controlled precursor

            (a)         intending to sell any of the precursor to another person; and

            (b)         believing that that person, or another person, intends to use the controlled precursor to unlawfully manufacture a controlled drug,

is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         for a basic offence

                  (i)         if the offender is a serious drug offender—$75 000 or imprisonment for 15 years, or both; or

                  (ii)         in any other case—$50 000 or imprisonment for 10 years, or both;

            (b)         for an aggravated offence—$75 000 or imprisonment for 15 years, or both.