MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT 1981 - SECT 8N

MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT 1981 - SECT 8N

8N .         Terms used

        (1)         In this Part —

        Agvet Code of Western Australia has the meaning given in the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Western Australia) Act 1995 ;

        consume has the meaning given in subsection (2);

        manufacture , in relation to a psychoactive substance, means to make, prepare, produce, process (including by extracting or refining), package or label the psychoactive substance;

        psychoactive effect , in relation to a person who consumes a substance, means —

            (a)         the effect of stimulating or depressing the central nervous system of the person, resulting in hallucinations or a significant disturbance in, or significant change to, motor function, thinking, behaviour, perception, awareness or mood; or

            (b)         the effect of causing a state of dependence, including physical or psychological addiction;

        psychoactive substance means any substance that, when consumed by a person, has the capacity to induce a psychoactive effect on the person;

        substance includes a natural organism.

        (2)         For this Part, a person consumes a substance if —

            (a)         the substance is administered to the person, whether the person self-administers it or it is administered by another person; or

            (b)         the person smokes, inhales or ingests the substance.

        [Section 8N inserted: No. 29 of 2015 s. 4.]