14Drugs of more than traffickable quantity and other substances

14 Drugs of more than traffickable quantity and other substances

14 Drugs of more than traffickable quantity and other substances

(1) This section applies to the following relevant substances—

(a) a Schedule 9 substance,

(b) a psychoactive substance,

(c) a prohibited drug, or suspected prohibited drug, if the quantity of the drug is not less than the traffickable quantity for the drug.

(2) As soon as reasonably practicable after a relevant substance first comes into the custody of a member of the NSW Police Force, an amount sufficient to allow analysis of the relevant substance must be provided to an analyst for analysis (an A sample) from the amount retained under section 13.

(3) A sample of a relevant substance is not required to be provided to an analyst under this section if—

(a) the relevant substance is to be destroyed under the Act, section 39G or 39L, or

(b) an analyst has already retained an amount of the relevant substance under section 13.