An Act to amend the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 so as to extend the trial period established under Part 2A of that Act for the operation and use of the injecting centre licensed under that Part; and for other purposes.
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Drug Summit Legislative Response Amendment (Trial Period Extension) Act 2003.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on 31 October 2003.
3 Amendment of Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 No 226
The Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(Section 3)
[1] Section 36A Limited operation of Part 2A
Omit “of 30 months” from section 36A (1).
[2] Section 36A (1)
Insert “and ending on 31 October 2007” after “start of the trial period”.
[3] Section 36B Review during trial period
Omit “the first 18 months of” from section 36B (1) (a).
[4] Section 36B (2)
Omit “, but may be completed during or after the trial period”.Insert instead “and is to be completed by 1 May 2007”.
[5] Section 36D Definitions
Omit “of 30 months” from the definition of trial period.
[6] Section 36T Effect of extension of trial period
Omit “date of assent to the Drug Summit Legislative Response Amendment (Trial Period Extension) Act 2002” from section 36T (1).Insert instead “commencement of the Drug Summit Legislative Response Amendment (Trial Period Extension) Act 2003”.