DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 60N Return of seized or produced volatile substances and items used to inhale volatile substances
DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 60N
Return of seized or produced volatile substances and items used to inhale volatile substancesS. 60N(1) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 47.16).
(1) A police officer who—
(a) receives a volatile substance or an item used to inhale a volatile substance which is produced in accordance with a request under section 60H(1)(b) ; or
(b) seizes a volatile substance or an item used to inhale a volatile substance under section 60J or 60K—
must, as soon as practicable after receiving or seizing the volatile substance or an item used to inhale a volatile substance, inform the person from whom the volatile substance or item was received or seized of his or her right to have it returned.
S. 60N(2) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 47.16).
(2) A person from whom a volatile substance or item used to inhale a volatile substance was received when it was produced in accordance with a request under section 60H(1)(b) may apply at the place of duty of the police officer who received the volatile substance or item for its return within 7 days after it was so received.
S. 60N(3) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 47.16).
(3) A person from whom a volatile substance or item used to inhale a volatile substance was seized under section 60J or 60K may apply at the place of duty of the police officer who seized the volatile substance or item for its return within 7 days after it was seized.
S. 60N(4) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 47.16).
(4) A volatile substance or an item used to inhale a volatile substance that is received by a police officer when it was produced in accordance with a request under section 60H(1)(b) or seized under section 60J or 60K may only be returned to a person under 18 years of age if the person is accompanied by a parent or guardian when collecting the volatile substance or item.
S. 60O inserted by No. 55/2003 s. 4.