DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 140 Transitional provisions—Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 2006

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 140

    (1)     The amendments made to the definitions of "aggregated commercial quantity", aggregated large commercial quantity", " cultivate , narcotic plant and traffickable quantity by section 8 of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 2006 apply only to offences alleged to have been committed after the commencement of that section.

    (2)     For the purpose of subsection (1), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between two dates, one before and one on or after the commencement of section 8 of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 2006 , the offence is alleged to have been committed before that commencement.

    (3)     The amendments made to section 71B of this Act by section 10 of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 2006 apply only to offences alleged to have been committed after the commencement of section 10 of that Act.

    (4)     For the purpose of subsection (3), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between two dates, one before and one on or after the commencement of section 10 of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 2006 , the offence is alleged to have been committed before that commencement.

    (5)     The amendments made to section 83(3) by section 13 of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 2006 apply only to offences alleged to have been committed after the commencement of section 13 of that Act.

    (6)     For the purpose of subsection (5), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between two dates, one before and one on or after the commencement of section 13 of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 2006 , the offence is alleged to have been committed before that commencement.

    (7)     The amendments made to Part 1 of Schedule Eleven by section 18 of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 2006 apply only to offences alleged to have been committed after the commencement of that section.

    (8)     For the purpose of subsection (7), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between two dates, one before and one on or after the commencement of section 18 of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 2006 , the offence is alleged to have been committed before that commencement.

    (9)     The amendments made to Part 2 of Schedule Eleven by section 19 of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 2006 apply only to offences alleged to have been committed after the commencement of that section.

    (10)     For the purpose of subsection (9), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between two dates, one before and one on or after the commencement of section 19 of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 2006 , the offence is alleged to have been committed before that commencement.

    (11)     The amendments made to Part 3 of Schedule Eleven by section 20 of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 2006 apply only to offences alleged to have been committed after the commencement of that section.

    (12)     For the purpose of subsection (11), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between two dates, one before and one on or after the commencement of section 20 of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 2006 , the offence is alleged to have been committed before that commencement.

    (13)     A search warrant issued in or to the effect of the form in Schedule Ten, as in force immediately before the commencement of section 17 of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 2006 and not executed (whether wholly or in part) before the commencement of that section, on and from that commencement may be executed according to its terms despite not being in the form of Schedule Ten as amended by section 17 of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) Act 2006 .

S. 141 inserted by No. 10/2007 s. 4.