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Corrective Services Act 2006
sec.344JMaking drug control direction
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### sec.344J Making drug control direction
The chief executive may make a drug control direction for a batch of a dangerous drug.
The chief executive may make a drug control direction for a batch of a dangerous drug only if the batch comes into the possession of the department under an agency arrangement.
The conditions included in the drug control direction must include the following conditions—
a condition that the batch must be used only for the training purposes stated in the condition;
training corrective services dogs to detect the presence of dangerous drugs in various situations
a condition that the training for which the batch is used must be of the type, and of the extent, stated in the condition;
a condition that the whole of the batch must at all times—
be under the effective control of a drug control officer or 1 or more of the corrective services officers identified in the condition; or
be kept securely in a way stated in the condition;
a condition that, as soon as practicable after the batch is used for training purposes for the last time, the batch must be destroyed or disposed of in the way stated in the condition.
Subsection (3) does not limit the conditions that may be included in the drug control direction.
The chief executive must ensure that the department complies with the conditions included in the drug control direction.
s 344J ins 2008 No. 53 s 5
(sec.344J-ssec.1) The chief executive may make a drug control direction for a batch of a dangerous drug.
(sec.344J-ssec.2) The chief executive may make a drug control direction for a batch of a dangerous drug only if the batch comes into the possession of the department under an agency arrangement.
(sec.344J-ssec.3) The conditions included in the drug control direction must include the following conditions— a condition that the batch must be used only for the training purposes stated in the condition; training corrective services dogs to detect the presence of dangerous drugs in various situations a condition that the training for which the batch is used must be of the type, and of the extent, stated in the condition; a condition that the whole of the batch must at all times— be under the effective control of a drug control officer or 1 or more of the corrective services officers identified in the condition; or be kept securely in a way stated in the condition; a condition that, as soon as practicable after the batch is used for training purposes for the last time, the batch must be destroyed or disposed of in the way stated in the condition.
(sec.344J-ssec.4) Subsection (3) does not limit the conditions that may be included in the drug control direction.
(sec.344J-ssec.5) The chief executive must ensure that the department complies with the conditions included in the drug control direction.
- (a) a condition that the batch must be used only for the training purposes stated in the condition; Example of training purposes— training corrective services dogs to detect the presence of dangerous drugs in various situations
- (b) a condition that the training for which the batch is used must be of the type, and of the extent, stated in the condition;
- (c) a condition that the whole of the batch must at all times— (i) be under the effective control of a drug control officer or 1 or more of the corrective services officers identified in the condition; or (ii) be kept securely in a way stated in the condition;
- (i) be under the effective control of a drug control officer or 1 or more of the corrective services officers identified in the condition; or
- (ii) be kept securely in a way stated in the condition;
- (d) a condition that, as soon as practicable after the batch is used for training purposes for the last time, the batch must be destroyed or disposed of in the way stated in the condition.
- (i) be under the effective control of a drug control officer or 1 or more of the corrective services officers identified in the condition; or
- (ii) be kept securely in a way stated in the condition;