144Transitional provisions—Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment Act 2016

144 Transitional provisions—Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment Act 2016 (1) The amendments made to section 71AB bysection 5 of the **Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment Act 2016** apply only to offences alleged tohave been committed after the commencement of section 5 of that Act. (2) The amendments made to section 71AC bysection 6 of the **Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment Act 2016** apply only to offences alleged tohave been committed after the commencement of section 6 of that Act. (3) The amendments made to section 71B by section 9 of the **Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment Act 2016** apply only to offences alleged tohave been committed after the commencement of section 9 of that Act. (4) For the purpose of subsections (1), (2) and(3), if an offence is alleged to have been committed between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the commencement of section5, 6, or 9 of the **Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment Act 2016** (as the case requires), the offence is alleged to have been committed before the applicable commencement. S. 145 inserted by No. 40/2017 s. 19.