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DRUGS OF DEPENDENCE ACT 1989
195Final disposal of seized substances
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195 Final disposal of seized substances
(1) If an analyst has identified a seized substance as being or containing
a drug of dependence, prohibited substance or chapter 6 substance,
the government analyst shall dispose of any remaining quantity of the
substance—
(a) if, within 3 months of the seizure, proceedings are instituted for
an offence in relation to the substance—after those proceedings
are completed; or
(b) in any other case—at the end of 3 months after the date of the
seizure.
(2) However, the government analyst need not dispose of a substance
when required to under subsection (1) if the analyst—
(a) tells the chief health officer in writing that the analyst intends to
use the substance as a reference under the Public Health
Act 1997, section 15AA (Analysts and assistants—authority to
handle drugs etc); and
(b) removes from the substance any information that links the
substance to an offence or prosecution or to a person from whom
it was seized.