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Controlled Substances Act 1984
Subdiv 2Manufacture of controlled drugs
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Subdivision 2—Manufacture of controlled drugs
33—Manufacture of controlled drugs for sale
(1) A person who manufactures a large commercial quantity of a controlled drug intending to sell any of it or believing that another person intends to sell any of it is guilty of an offence.
(2) A person who manufactures a commercial quantity of a controlled drug intending to sell any of it or believing that another person intends to sell any of it is guilty of an offence.
(3) A person who manufactures a controlled drug intending to sell any of it or believing that another person intends to sell any of it is guilty of an offence.
(b) for an aggravated offence—$75 000 or imprisonment for 15 years, or both.
(4) If—
(a) in any proceedings for an offence against subsection (1), (2) or (3) it is proved that the defendant manufactured a trafficable quantity of a controlled drug; or
(b) in any proceedings for an offence of attempting or conspiring to commit an offence against subsection (1), (2) or (3) it is proved that the defendant attempted or conspired (as the case may require) to manufacture a trafficable quantity of a controlled drug,
it is presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that the defendant had the relevant intention or belief concerning the sale of the drug necessary to constitute the offence.
33A—Sale, manufacture etc of controlled precursor
(a) sells a large commercial quantity of a controlled precursor; or
(b) has possession of a large commercial quantity of a controlled precursor intending to sell it,
believing that the person to whom it is, or is to be, sold or another person intends to use any of it to unlawfully manufacture a controlled drug is guilty of an offence.
(a) sells a commercial quantity of a controlled precursor; or
(b) has possession of a commercial quantity of a controlled precursor intending to sell it,
believing that the person to whom it is, or is to be, sold or another person intends to use any of it to unlawfully manufacture a controlled drug is guilty of an offence.
(i) if the offender is a serious drug offender—$200 000 or imprisonment for 25 years, or both; or
(ii) in any other case—$75 000 or imprisonment for 15 years, or both;
(b) for an aggravated offence—$200 000 or imprisonment for 25 years, or both.
(3) A person who—
(a) sells a controlled precursor; or
(b) has possession of a controlled precursor intending to sell it,
believing that the person to whom it is, or is to be, sold or another person intends to use any of it to unlawfully manufacture a controlled drug is guilty of an offence.
(4) A person who manufactures a controlled precursor—
(a) intending to unlawfully manufacture a controlled drug; and
(b) intending to sell any of the drug so manufactured or believing that another person intends to sell any of it,
(5) A person who manufactures a controlled precursor—
(a) intending to sell any of the precursor to another person; and
(b) believing that that person, or another person, intends to use the controlled precursor to unlawfully manufacture a controlled drug,