(1)  A person who is in possession of a needle or syringe, water for injection or an alcohol swab does not, by reason only of that possession, commit, and is not to be taken, by reason only of that possession, to have committed, any crime, or any offence, under the Misuse of Drugs Act 2001 or the Poisons Act 1971 .

(2)  A person who is in possession of any trace element of a substance that is contained in a needle or syringe does not, by reason only of that possession, commit, and is not to be taken, by reason only of that possession, to have committed, any crime, or any offence, under the Misuse of Drugs Act 2001 or the Poisons Act 1971 .

(3)  A person who supplies a needle, or syringe, to another person so that the other person may dispose of the needle or syringe does not, by reason only of that supply, commit, and is not to be taken, by reason only of that supply, to have committed, any crime, or any offence, under the Misuse of Drugs Act 2001 or the Poisons Act 1971 .

(4)  A person who supplies –

(a) an unused needle or unused syringe; or

(b) other equipment associated with the use of an unused needle or an unused syringe; or

(c) information –

under a permit does not, by reason only of that supply, commit, aid, abet or instigate, and is not to be taken, by reason only of that supply, to have committed, aided, abetted or instigated, any crime, or any offence, under the Misuse of Drugs Act 2001 or the Poisons Act 1971 or Chapters II or XXXV of the Criminal Code .

(5)  A person who supplies –

(a) an unused needle or unused syringe; or

(b) other equipment associated with the use of an unused needle or an unused syringe; or

(c) information –

that was supplied under a permit does not, by reason only of that supply, commit, aid, abet or instigate, and is not to be taken, by reason only of that supply, to have committed, aided, abetted or instigated, any crime, or any offence, under the Misuse of Drugs Act 2001 or the Poisons Act 1971 or Chapters II or XXXV of the Criminal Code .

(6)  In this section –

trace element of a substance means any element, of the substance, that remains in a needle or syringe in such a quantity as to be unlikely to be usable for the purpose of injecting the substance.