24APossession of precursors and certain apparatus for manufacture or production of prohibited drugs

24A Possession of precursors and certain apparatus for manufacture or production of prohibited drugs

24A Possession of precursors and certain apparatus for manufacture or production of prohibited drugs

(1) A person who has possession of—

(a) a precursor, or

(b) a drug manufacture apparatus,

intended by the person for use in the manufacture or production, by that person or another person, of a prohibited drug is guilty of an offence.

(2) Nothing in this section renders unlawful the possession of a precursor or drug manufacture apparatus for use in the manufacture or production of a prohibited drug by—

(a) a person licensed or authorised to do so under the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966, or

(a1) a person acting under a poppy licence under the Poppy Industry Act 2016, or

(b) a person acting in accordance with an authority granted by the Director-General of the Department of Health where the Director-General is satisfied that the manufacture or production of the prohibited drug is for the purpose of scientific research, instruction, analysis or study.

(2A) (Repealed)

(3) In this section—

drug manufacture apparatus means an apparatus specified or described in the regulations as a drug manufacture apparatus for the purposes of this section.

precursor means a substance specified or described in the regulations as a precursor for the purposes of this section.

s 24A: Ins 2000 No 107, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2001 No 117, Sch 8; 2006 No 39, Sch 1 [9]; 2006 No 107, Sch 1.15 [2]; 2007 No 57, Sch 4 [2] [3]; 2016 No 37, Sch 1.1 [7]–[9].