96Annual reports

96 Annual reports (1) As soon as practicable after the end of each calendar year, the Chief Commissioner of Police must submit a report to the Minister for Police and Emergency Services that includes the following information— (a) the number of certificates of health and safety destruction or disposal which are provided to the Chief Commissioner of Police under section 93; and (b) any other information relating to the seizure, disposal and destruction of things referred to in section 91(1)(b) that the Minister considers appropriate. (2) The Minister for Police and Emergency Services must cause a report under subsection (1) to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 12 sitting days of that House after it is received by the Minister. Ss 97–101 repealed by No. 10002 s. 7(1). Pt 6A (Heading and new ss 97, 98) inserted by No. 9/2014 s. 8. Part VIA—Declared testing facilities New s. 97 inserted by No. 9/2014 s. 8. 97 Declared testing facilities (1) The Chief Commissioner of Police, by notice published in the Government Gazette, may declare a facility to be a declared testing facility. (2) A copy of a notice under subsection (1) must be posted on the website of the Victoria Police. (3) A declaration under subsection (1) may be made in respect of a facility located within Victoria or in another State or a Territory. (4) A declaration under subsection (1) is subject to any conditions specified in the notice regarding the possession, handling, storage and security of substances and items supplied to the facility under section 98. New s. 98 inserted by No. 9/2014 s. 8. 98 Supply of things to declared testing facility (1) Subject to subsection (3), for the purposes specified in subsection (2), the Chief Commissioner of Police may authorise the supply to a declared testing facility of a thing that is, or is suspected of being— (a) a drug of dependence or a substance that contains a drug of dependence; or (b) a poison or controlled substance; or (c) an instrument, device or substance that is or has been used or is capable of being used for or in the cultivation, manufacture, sale or use or in the preparation for cultivation, manufacture, sale or use of a drug of dependence. (2) The purposes for which the Chief Commissioner of Police may authorise the supply of a thing to a declared testing facility are— (a) substance profiling; and (b) analytical testing; and (c) research. (3) The Chief Commissioner of Police must not authorise the supply to a declared testing facility outside Victoria of a thing referred to in subsection (1) unless satisfied that the possession of the thing by a person employed or engaged by the declared testing facility is permitted under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the facility is located. (4) If a thing has been supplied to a declared testing facility under this section, the person in charge of the facility must arrange for the thing to be returned to, or collected by, the Victoria Police as soon as practicable after the purpose for which it was supplied has been carried out. (5) Subsection (4) does not apply to a thing, or part of a thing, that has been destroyed in the process of carrying out the purpose for which it has been supplied. Pt 6AB (Heading and new s. 99) inserted by No. 39/2024 s. 90. Part VIAB—Service of documents New s. 99 inserted by No. 39/2024 s. 90. 99 Service For the purposes of this Act, a notice or other document, other than an infringement notice or a certificate referred to in section 120, may be served on or given to a person— (a) by delivering it personally to the person; or (b) by sending it by post to the person at the person's usual or last known residential or business address; or (c) by sending it by electronic communication to the person's usual or last known electronic address; or (d) by leaving it at the person's usual or last known residential or business address with a person on the premises who is apparently at least 16 years old and apparently residing or employed there. Part VII—Proceedings S. 102 amended by No. 10002 s. 9(a)(b).