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DRUGS OF DEPENDENCE AMENDMENT BILL 2002

2002

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY



(As presented)

(Minister for Health)

Drugs of Dependence Amendment Bill 2002

Contents

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2002

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY



(As presented)

(Minister for Health)

Drugs of Dependence Amendment Bill 2002





A Bill for

An Act to amend the Drugs of Dependence Act 1989











The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:



1 Name of Act

This Act is the Drugs of Dependence Amendment Act 2002.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on the day after its notification day.

3 Act amended

This Act amends the Drugs of Dependence Act 1989.

4 Section 58

substitute

58 Prescribing drugs of dependence

(1) A doctor must not prescribe a drug of dependence unless it is for the treatment of a person’s mental or physical condition.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the prescription of methadone or buprenorphine in accordance with section 59.

(3) A doctor must not, without the chief health officer’s approval, prescribe a drug of dependence for the treatment of a person if the doctor believes, on reasonable grounds, the person is—

(a) a drug dependent person in relation to any drug of dependence or prohibited substance; or

(b) a person who has used a drug of dependence continuously for longer than 2 months, or for periods that, taken together, are longer than 2 months.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

(4) Despite subsection (3) (a), a doctor may prescribe a drug of dependence for a drug dependent person without the chief health officer’s approval if—

(a) the doctor is satisfied that the person needs the drug in a course of treatment as an in-patient in a hospital; and

(b) the prescription is to be for the use of the drug for a period of not longer than 14 days after the day of the person’s admission as an in-patient.

(5) A doctor must not prescribe an amphetamine without the chief health officer’s approval.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

(6) However, a doctor may, without the chief health officer’s approval, prescribe an amphetamine to a person if—

(a) the doctor believes on reasonable grounds that the person is not a person mentioned in subsection (3) (a) or (b); and

(b) the doctor believes on reasonable grounds that the person is suffering from narcolepsy or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; and

(c) the prescription is for the use of the amphetamine for a period no longer than 2 months.

5 Application for approval

Section 68 (1)

omit

under this division shall

substitute

to prescribe a drug of dependence under division 6.2 (Prescriptions) must—

6 Powers of chief health officer

Section 69 (2)

omit everything before paragraph (a)

substitute

(2) If an application is made to the chief health officer for an approval for section 58 (3)—

7 New section 75A

insert

75A Validation of chief health officer’s approvals

(1) An approval by the chief health officer for a doctor to prescribe a drug of dependence given before the commencement of this section is not invalid only because of a failure to comply with this division.

(2) This section expires on the day it commences.

Note The repeal or expiry of a law does not end any validating effect that it may have. See Legislation Act 2001, s 82 (def of repeal) and s 88.

8 Conversion of fines to penalty units

The Act is further amended as set out in schedule 1.



Schedule 1 Conversion of fines to penalty units

(see s 8)

column 1

item
column 2

section
column 3

penalty ($)



omit
column 4

penalty (penalty units)

substitute
1

8 (2)
$2 000
20 penalty units
2

9 (2)
$2 000
20 penalty units
3

12
$2 000
20 penalty units
4

15
$10 000
100 penalty units
5

16 (2)
$10 000
100 penalty units
6

17
$2 000
20 penalty units
7

22 (2)
$2 000
20 penalty units
8

23 (1)
$2 000
20 penalty units
9

23 (2)
$2 000
20 penalty units
10

26
$2 000
20 penalty units
11

29
$10 000
100 penalty units
12

30
$2 000
20 penalty units
13

35 (2)
$2 000
20 penalty units
14

40
$2 000
20 penalty units
15

45 (2)
$1 000
10 penalty units
16

46 (1)
$2 000
20 penalty units
17

51
$1 000
10 penalty units
18

53
$10 000
100 penalty units
19

54
$5 000
50 penalty units
20

55 (1)
$5 000
50 penalty units
21

55 (2)
$5 000
50 penalty units
22

57
$2 000
20 penalty units
23

60 (2)
$2 000
20 penalty units
24

61
$2 000
20 penalty units
25

62
$2 000
20 penalty units
26

63 (2)
$2 000
20 penalty units
27

64
$2 000
20 penalty units
28

77
$2 000
20 penalty units
29

78
$2 000
20 penalty units
30

79
$2 000
20 penalty units
31

80
$2 000
20 penalty units
32

81
$2 000
20 penalty units
33

82
$2 000
20 penalty units
34

83
$5 000
50 penalty units
35

84 (2)
$2 000
20 penalty units
36

91
$1 000
10 penalty units
37

92
$1 000
10 penalty units
38

94
$1 000
10 penalty units
39

96
$2 000
20 penalty units
40

97
$2 000
20 penalty units
41

98
$2 000
20 penalty units
42

99
$2 000
20 penalty units
43

100
$2 000
20 penalty units
44

101 (1)
$5 000
50 penalty units
45

102
$1 000
10 penalty units
46

103
$2 000
20 penalty units
47

104
$1 000
10 penalty units
48

105
$1 000
10 penalty units
49

106
$2 000
20 penalty units
50

107
$2 000
20 penalty units
51

108
$1 000
10 penalty units
52

109 (1)
$2 000
20 penalty units
53

109 (2)
$2 000
20 penalty units
54

109 (3)
$2 000
20 penalty units
55

111 (1)
$10 000
100 penalty units
56

111 (2)
$10 000
100 penalty units
57

111 (4)
$10 000
100 penalty units
58

112 (1)
$5 000
50 penalty units
59

112 (3)
$5 000
50 penalty units
60

113
$5 000
50 penalty units
61

114 (1)
$5 000
50 penalty units
62

114 (2)
$5 000
50 penalty units
63

115
$5 000
50 penalty units
64

116 (1)
$2 000
20 penalty units
65

116 (2)
$2 000
20 penalty units
66

117
$2 000
20 penalty units
67

118
$2 000
20 penalty units
68

119
$2 000
20 penalty units
69

120 (1)
$2 000
20 penalty units
70

159
$2 000
20 penalty units
71

161 (1)
$20 000
200 penalty units
72

161 (2)
$20 000
200 penalty units
73

162 (2)
$100
1 penalty unit
74

162 (2)
$5 000
50 penalty units
75

162 (3)
$20 000
200 penalty units
76

162 (3)
$100 000
1 000 penalty units
77

162 (3)
$10 000
100 penalty units
78

162 (3)
$5 000
50 penalty units
79

163 (1)
$20 000
200 penalty units
80

163 (2)
$20 000
200 penalty units
81

164 (2)
$100 000
1 000 penalty units
82

164 (2)
$10 000
100 penalty units
83

164 (3)
$100 000
1 000 penalty units
84

164 (3)
$10 000
100 penalty units
85

165 (1)
$200 000
2 000 penalty units
86

165 (1)
$10 000
100 penalty units
87

165 (1)
$5 000
50 penalty units
88

166 (1)
$5 000
50 penalty units
89

167
$5 000
50 penalty units
90

168
$5 000
50 penalty units
91

169
$5 000
50 penalty units
92

171 (1)
$100
1 penalty unit
93

171 (1)
$5 000
50 penalty units
94

171 (2)
$5 000
50 penalty units
95

171 (3)
$5 000
50 penalty units
96

175 (4)
$100
1 penalty unit
97

176 (4)
$100
1 penalty unit
98

177
$10 000
100 penalty units
99

181
$1 000
10 penalty units
100

201 (2)
$5 000
50 penalty units




Endnotes

Republications of amended laws

1 For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

Penalty units

2 The Legislation Act 2001, s 133 (Penalty units) deals with the meaning of offence penalties that are expressed in penalty units.







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