DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981

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DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - NOTES

No. 9719 of 1981
Version incorporating amendments as at 3 September 2009

ENDNOTES

1. General Information
The Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 was assented to on 12 January 1982 and came into operation on 18 December 1983: Government Gazette 14 December 1983 page 3955.
2. Table of Amendments
This Version incorporates amendments made to the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 1983, No. 10002/1983 (as amended by Act Nos 10087, 25/1990)
Assent Date:
13.12.83
Commencement Date:
18.12.83: Government Gazette 14.12.83 p. 3954
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law Revision Act 1984, No. 10087/1984
Assent Date:
22.5.84
Commencement Date:
22.5.84: s. 3(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Health (Amendment) Act 1985, No. 10262/1985
Assent Date:
10.12.85
Commencement Date:
S. 4(Sch.) on 1.3.86: Government Gazette 26.2.86 p. 451
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Courts Amendment Act 1986, No. 16/1986
Assent Date:
22.4.86
Commencement Date:
S. 30(Sch.) on 1.7.86: Government Gazette 25.6.86 p. 2180
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Public Contracts (Repeal) Act 1986, No. 21/1986
Assent Date:
22.4.86
Commencement Date:
22.4.86
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Crimes (Confiscation of Profits) Act 1986, No. 101/1986
Assent Date:
16.12.86
Commencement Date:
1.8.87: Government Gazette 22.7.87 p. 1924
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Supreme Court Act 1986, No. 110/1986
Assent Date:
16.12.86
Commencement Date:
1.1.87: s. 2
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Animal Preparations Act 1987, No. 12/1987
Assent Date:
5.5.87
Commencement Date:
S. 37 on 5.5.87: s. 2(1); rest of Act on 29.6.88: Government Gazette 29.6.88 p. 1893
Current State:
All of Act in operation

Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 1987, No. 20/1987
Assent Date:
12.5.87
Commencement Date:
12.5.87
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987, No. 41/1987
Assent Date:
19.5.87
Commencement Date:
S. 103(Sch. 4 item 12.1) on 1.7.87: Government Gazette 24.6.87 p. 1694
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Liquor Control Act 1987, No. 97/1987
Endnotes
Assent Date:
1.12.87
Commencement Date:
S. 181(2) on 3.5.88: Government Gazette 27.4.88 p. 1044
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Magistrates' Court Act 1989, No. 51/1989
Assent Date:
14.6.89
Commencement Date:
S. 149(1) on 1.9.90: Government Gazette 25.7.90 p. 2216
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Children and Young Persons Act 1989, No. 56/1989
Assent Date:
14.6.89
Commencement Date:
S. 286(Sch. 2 item 9) on 23.9.91: Government Gazette 28.8.91 p. 2368
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Magistrates' Court (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989, No. 57/1989
Assent Date:
14.6.89
Commencement Date:
S. 4(1)(a)-(e)(2) on 1.9.89: Government Gazette 30.8.89 p. 2210; rest of Act on 1.9.90: Government Gazette 25.7.90 p. 2217
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Water (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989, No. 81/1989
Assent Date:
5.12.89
Commencement Date:
1.11.90: Government Gazette 15.8.90 p. 2473
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 1990, No. 25/1990
Assent Date:
5.6.90
Commencement Date:
S. 4(2) on 13.12.83: s. 2(1); rest of Act on 5.6.90: s. 2(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation

Sentencing Act 1991, No. 49/1991
Assent Date:
25.6.91
Commencement Date:
22.4.92: Government Gazette 15.4.92 p. 898
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Royal Botanic Gardens Act 1991, No. 87/1991
Assent Date:
10.12.91
Commencement Date:
1.7.92: Government Gazette 1.7.92 p. 1629
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Crimes (Confiscation of Profits) (Amendment) Act 1991, No. 90/1991
Assent Date:
10.12.91
Commencement Date:
S. 36 on 1.9.92: Government Gazette 12.8.92 p. 2179
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Vermin and Noxious Weeds (Poison Baits) Act 1992, No. 4/1992
Endnotes
Assent Date:
5.5.92
Commencement Date:
S. 6 never came into operation and was repealed by s. 97 of Act No. 52/1994 on 16.12.94
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 1992, No. 46/1992 (as amended by No. 73/1994)
Assent Date:
23.6.92
Commencement Date:
S. 78(2)(a) on 15.3.95: Government Gazette 9.3.95 p. 502; s. 78(1)(2)(b) on 1.8.96: Special Gazette (No. 89) 1.8.96 p. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Health and Community Services (General Amendment) Act 1993, No. 42/1993
Assent Date:
1.6.93
Commencement Date:
Ss 33, 34, 36, 38, 50, 56, 60 on 21.8.94; ss 35, 37, 
39-49, 51-55, 57-59, 61 on 10.9.94: Government Gazette 18.8.94 p. 2240
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 1994, No. 12/1994
Assent Date:
3.5.94
Commencement Date:
Pts 1, 2(ss 1-7) on 3.5.94: s. 2(1); ss 8, 11, 18 on 10.9.94; rest of Act on 11.9.94: Government Gazette 18.8.94 p. 2240
Current State:
All of Act in operation


Medical Practice Act 1994, No. 23/1994
Assent Date:
17.5.94
Commencement Date:
Ss 1, 2 on 17.5.94: s. 2(1); rest of Act on 1.7.94: Government Gazette 23.6.94 p. 1672
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Financial Management (Consequential Amendments) Act 1994, No. 31/1994
Assent Date:
31.5.94
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. 1 item 18) on 7.7.94: Government Gazette 7.7.94 p. 1878-see Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994, No. 52/1994
Assent Date:
15.6.94
Commencement Date:
S. 97(Sch. 3 item 7) on 16.12.94: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 1995, No. 66/1995
Endnotes
Assent Date:
17.10.95
Commencement Date:
17.10.95: s. 2(1)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Optometrists Registration Act 1996, No. 56/1996
Assent Date:
10.12.96
Commencement Date:
S. 100 on 1.7.98: s. 2(4)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Health Acts (Further Amendment) Act 1996, No. 68/1996
Assent Date:
17.12.96
Commencement Date:
Pt 3(ss 8-15) on 17.12.96: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Sentencing and Other Acts (Amendment) Act 1997, No. 48/1997
Assent Date:
11.6.97
Commencement Date:
Ss 35-42, 44-47 on 1.9.97: s. 2(2); s. 43 on 11.6.98: Government Gazette 11.6.98 p. 1314
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981



Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 1997, No. 54/1997 (as amended by No. 52/1998)
Assent Date:
21.10.97
Commencement Date:
Ss 1-4 on 21.10.97: s. 2(1); ss 5, 6 on 1.10.98: Government Gazette 13.8.98 p. 2182
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Veterinary Practice Act 1997, No. 58/1997
Assent Date:
28.10.97
Commencement Date:
S. 96(Sch. item 3) on 17.3.98: Government Gazette 12.3.98 p. 520
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Confiscation Act 1997, No. 108/1997
Assent Date:
23.12.97
Commencement Date:
S. 152 on 1.7.98: Government Gazette 25.6.98 p. 1561
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 1998, No. 9/1998
Endnotes
Assent Date:
28.4.98
Commencement Date:
Ss 1, 2 on 28.4.98: s. 2(1); rest of Act on 31.12.98: Government Gazette 10.12.98 p. 2998
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Public Sector Reform (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 46/1998
Assent Date:
26.5.98
Commencement Date:
S. 7(Sch. 1) on 1.7.98: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Conservation, Forests and Lands (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 76/1998
Assent Date:
10.11.98
Commencement Date:
S. 7 on 15.12.98: s. 2(5)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Public Sector Reform (Further Amendments) Act 1999, No. 12/1999
Assent Date:
11.5.99
Commencement Date:
S. 4(Sch. 2 item 4) on 11.5.99: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981


Dental Practice Act 1999, No. 26/1999
Assent Date:
1.6.99
Commencement Date:
S. 107(Sch. item 2) on 1.7.00: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Chinese Medicine Registration Act 2000, No. 18/2000
Assent Date:
16.5.00
Commencement Date:
Ss 96-107 on 1.1.02: Government Gazette 4.10.01 p. 2511
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Statute Law Revision Act 2000, No. 74/2000
Assent Date:
21.11.00
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. 1 item 38) on 22.11.00: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Nurses (Amendment) Act 2000, No. 94/2000
Endnotes
Assent Date:
5.12.00
Commencement Date:
Ss 48-52 on 1.11.01: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Health (Amendment) Act 2001, No. 33/2001
Assent Date:
19.6.01
Commencement Date:
S. 21 on 20.6.01: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 2001, No. 61/2001
Assent Date:
23.10.01
Commencement Date:
1.1.02: s. 2(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law (Further Revision) Act 2002, No. 11/2002
Assent Date:
23.4.02
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. 1 item 16.1) on 1.1.02: s. 2(2)(b); s. 3(Sch. 1 item 16.2) on 24.4.02: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981


Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Volatile Substances) Act 2003, No. 55/2003
Assent Date:
16.6.03
Commencement Date:
Ss 3, 4 on 1.7.04: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003, No. 56/2003
Assent Date:
16.6.03
Commencement Date:
S. 11(Sch. item 7) on 17.6.03: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Confiscation (Amendment) Act 2003, No. 63/2003
Assent Date:
30.9.03
Commencement Date:
Ss 45-49 on 1.12.03: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Health Legislation (Amendment) Act 2003, No. 67/2003
Assent Date:
14.10.03
Commencement Date:
Ss 3, 13(1) on 15.10.03: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Crimes (Controlled Operations) Act 2004, No. 16/2004
Assent Date:
18.5.04
Commencement Date:
S. 53 on 2.11.08: Government Gazette 30.10.08 p. 2530
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances and Therapeutic Goods (Victoria) Acts (Amendment) Act 2004, No. 74/2004
Assent Date:
9.11.04
Commencement Date:
Ss 3-19 on 10.11.04: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Pharmacy Practice Act 2004, No. 80/2004
Assent Date:
16.11.04
Commencement Date:
S. 150(Sch. 2 item 2) on 1.7.05: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981

Major Crime Legislation (Seizure of Assets) Act 2004, No. 87/2004
Assent Date:
23.11.04
Commencement Date:
S. 25 on 1.1.05: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Public Administration Act 2004, No. 108/2004
Assent Date:
21.12.04
Commencement Date:
S. 117(1)(Sch. 3 item 60) on 5.4.05: Government Gazette 31.3.05 p. 602
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Road Safety and Other Acts (Vehicle Impoundment and Other Amendments) Act 2005, No. 93/2005
Assent Date:
29.11.05
Commencement Date:
S. 14 on 30.11.05: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Health Professions Registration Act 2005, No. 97/2005 (as amended by Nos 29/2006, 25/2007)
Assent Date:
7.12.05
Commencement Date:
Ss 178-180, 182(Sch. 4 item 16) on 1.7.07: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Aged Care Services) Act 2006, No. 17/2006
Assent Date:
9.5.06
Commencement Date:
30.5.06: s. 2
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Prohibition of Display and Sale of Cocaine Kits) Act 2006, No. 18/2006
Assent Date:
9.5.06
Commencement Date:
10.5.06: s. 2
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Children, Youth and Families (Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2006, No. 48/2006
Assent Date:
15.8.06
Commencement Date:
S. 42(Sch. item 11) on 23.4.07: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981

Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 2006, No. 52/2006 (as amended by Nos 79/2006, 10/2007)
Endnotes
Assent Date:
15.8.06
Commencement Date:
Ss 7, 9(1), 11 on 19.2.07: Government Gazette 15.2.07 p. 261; ss 4-6, 8, 10, 13, 14, 16-20 on 1.5.07: s. 2(3); ss 9(2), 12, 15 on 1.8.07: Government Gazette 26.7.07 p. 1705
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Public Sector Acts (Further Workplace Protection and Other Matters) Act 2006, No. 80/2006
Assent Date:
10.10.06
Commencement Date:
S. 26(Sch. item 29) on 11.10.06: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment (Repeal of Part X) Act 2007, No. 10/2007
Assent Date:
8.5.07
Commencement Date:
Ss 3, 4 on 1.7.07: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Health Professions Registration Amendment Act 2007, No. 25/2007
Assent Date:
26.6.07
Commencement Date:
S. 33 on 1.7.07: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment Act 2008, No. 17/2008
Assent Date:
13.5.08
Commencement Date:
Ss 4, 5 on 14.5.08: s. 2(1); ss 6-13 on 1.3.09: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Police Integrity Act 2008, No. 34/2008
Assent Date:
1.7.08
Commencement Date:
S. 143(Sch. 2 item 6) on 5.12.08: Special Gazette (No. 340) 4.12.08 p. 1
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981



Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2009, No. 25/2009
Assent Date:
17.6.09
Commencement Date:
Ss 6, 7 on 3.9.09: Government Gazette 3.9.09 p. 2331
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
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Proclamation, S.R. No. 43/1984
Date of Making:
14.2.84
Date of Commencement:
14.2.84
Proclamation, S.R. No. 277/1984
Date of Making:
17.7.84
Date of Commencement:
17.7.84
Proclamation, S.R. No. 1/1985
Date of Making:
18.12.84
Date of Commencement:
18.12.84
Proclamation, S.R. No. 2/1985
Date of Making:
12.12.84
Date of Commencement:
12.12.84
Proclamation, S.R. No. 77/1985
Date of Making:
26.2.85
Date of Commencement:
26.2.85
Proclamation, S.R. No. 90/1985
Date of Making:
5.12.84
Date of Commencement:
5.12.84
Proclamation, S.R. No. 91/1985
Date of Making:
20.12.83
Date of Commencement:
20.12.83
Proclamation, S.R. No. 92/1985
Date of Making:
14.2.84
Date of Commencement:
14.2.84
Proclamation, S.R. No. 93/1985
Date of Making:
15.5.84
Date of Commencement:
15.5.84
Proclamation, S.R. No. 94/1985
Date of Making:
13.6.84
Date of Commencement:
13.6.84
Proclamation, S.R. No. 165/1985
Date of Making:
16.10.84
Date of Commencement:
16.10.84
Proclamation, S. R. No. 187/1985
Date of Making:
28.5.85
Date of Commencement:
28.5.85

Proclamation, S. R. No. 208/1985
Date of Making:
4.6.85
Date of Commencement:
4.6.85
Proclamation, S.R. No. 268/1985
Date of Making:
25.6.85
Date of Commencement:
25.6.85
Proclamation, S.R. No. 92/1986
Date of Making:
16.4.86
Date of Commencement:
16.4.86
Proclamation, S.R. No. 179/1986
Date of Making:
8.7.86
Date of Commencement:
8.7.86
Proclamation, S.R. No. 82/1987
Date of Making:
14.4.87
Date of Commencement:
14.4.87
Proclamation, S.R. No. 254/1987
Date of Making:
29.9.87
Date of Commencement:
29.9.87
Proclamation, S.R. No. 366/1987
Date of Making:
8.12.87
Date of Commencement:
8.12.87
Proclamation, S.R. No. 138/1989
Date of Making:
14.6.89
Date of Commencement:
14.6.89
Proclamation, S.R. No. 23/1990
Date of Making:
13.2.90
Date of Commencement:
13.2.90
Proclamation, S.R. No. 250/1990
Date of Making:
18.9.90
Date of Commencement:
18.9.90
Proclamation, S.R. No. 314/1990
Date of Making:
7.11.90
Date of Commencement:
7.11.90
Proclamation, S.R. No. 194/1991
Date of Making:
8.10.91
Date of Commencement:
8.10.91
Proclamation, S.R. No. 230/1992
Date of Making:
4.8.92
Date of Commencement:
4.8.92
Proclamation, S.R. No. 263/1992
Date of Making:
8.9.92
Date of Commencement:
8.9.92

Proclamation, S.R. No. 289/1992
Date of Making:
27.10.92
Date of Commencement:
27.10.92
Proclamation, S.R. No. 305/1992
Date of Making:
17.11.92
Date of Commencement:
17.11.92
Proclamation, S.R. No. 350/1992
Date of Making:
22.12.92
Date of Commencement:
27.1.93: para. (1)
Proclamation, S.R. No. 67/1993
Date of Making:
4.5.93
Date of Commencement:
4.5.93
Proclamation, S.R. No. 69/1993
Date of Making:
11.5.93
Date of Commencement:
11.5.93
Proclamation, S.R. No. 86/1993
Date of Making:
8.6.93
Date of Commencement:
8.6.93
Proclamation, S.R. No. 136/1993
Date of Making:
20.7.93
Date of Commencement:
20.7.93
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Drugs of Dependence) Regulations 1999, S.R. No. 107/1999
Date of Making:
17.8.99
Date of Commencement:
17.8.99
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Drugs of Dependence) Regulations 2000, S.R. No. 85/2000
Date of Making:
29.8.00
Date of Commencement:
29.8.00
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Government Gazettes	29 December 1983, page 4187
	22 February 1984, page 575
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3. Explanatory Details

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Part I-Introductory and Transitional


Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
No. 9719 of 1981