Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985
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36ZD Definitions
36ZD Definitions
(1) In this Part—
advertisement means—
(a) any words, whether written or spoken, or
(b) any pictorial representation or design, or
(c) any other representation by any means at all.
display, in relation to an advertisement, includes cause or permit to be displayed.
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.
psychoactive effect, in relation to a person who is consuming or has consumed a psychoactive substance, means—
(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
(b) causing a state of dependence, including physical or psychological addiction.
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.
publish includes distribute, disseminate, circulate, exhibit and cause or permit to be published.
substance includes any plant, fungus or natural organism.
tobacco product means tobacco, or a cigarette or cigar, or any other product containing tobacco and designed for human consumption or use.
usage instruction, in relation to a psychoactive substance, includes any direction, caution, warning, advice or recommendation in relation to the consumption of the substance.
(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.
pt 2C (ss 36ZD–36ZG): Ins 2013 No 70, Sch 1 [5].