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Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985
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#### 36ZD Definitions
36ZD Definitions
> > (1) In this Part—
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> > advertisement means—
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> > > (a) any words, whether written or spoken, or
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> > > (b) any pictorial representation or design, or
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> > > (c) any other representation by any means at all.
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> > display, in relation to an advertisement, includes cause or permit to be displayed.
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> > manufacture, in relation to a psychoactive substance, means to make up, prepare, produce, process (including by extracting or refining), package or label the psychoactive substance.
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> > psychoactive effect, in relation to a person who is consuming or has consumed a psychoactive substance, means—
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> > > (a) stimulation or depression of the central nervous system of the person, resulting in hallucinations or a significant disturbance in, or significant change to, motor function, thinking, behaviour, perception, awareness or mood, or
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> > > (b) causing a state of dependence, including physical or psychological addiction.
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> > psychoactive substance means any substance (other than a substance to which this Part does not apply) that, when consumed by a person, has the capacity to induce a psychoactive effect.
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> > publish includes distribute, disseminate, circulate, exhibit and cause or permit to be published.
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> > substance includes any plant, fungus or natural organism.
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> > tobacco product means tobacco, or a cigarette or cigar, or any other product containing tobacco and designed for human consumption or use.
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> > usage instruction, in relation to a psychoactive substance, includes any direction, caution, warning, advice or recommendation in relation to the consumption of the substance.
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> > (2) In this Part, a reference to the consumption of a psychoactive substance includes a reference to the ingestion, injection or inhalation of a psychoactive substance, the smoking of a psychoactive substance, the inhalation of fumes caused by the heating or burning of a psychoactive substance and any other means of introducing a psychoactive substance into any part of the body of a person.
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> **pt 2C (ss 36ZD–36ZG):** Ins 2013 No 70, Sch 1 \[5\].