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Misuse of Drugs Act 1990
19RPresumption on appeal
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19R Presumption on appeal
Where:
(a) a person who was legally represented before the Local Court
on the trial of an offence with respect to a prohibited plant,
dangerous drug or precursor pleaded guilty to the charge;
(b) an appeal is made against any determination of the Local
Court with respect to the offence; and
(c) before the appeal is heard:
(i) the prohibited plant, dangerous drug or precursor is
destroyed under section 19B or 19P or under an order
under this Part; or
(ii) a substance or thing seized in relation to the offence is
destroyed, disposed of or dealt with under section 19PB,
any particular in the information as to the nature or quantity of the
prohibited plant, dangerous drug, precursor, substance or thing is,
for the purposes of the appeal, presumed to be true.