Misuse of Drugs Act 1990
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Schedule 2 drug means: (a) a substance or thing that is specified in Schedule 2; or (b) a plant that is not specified in Schedule 2 if a part of the plant, or an extract from the plant, is specified in Schedule 2. senior police officer, see section 19U. supply means: (a) give, distribute, sell, administer, transport or supply, whether or not for fee, reward or consideration or in expectation of fee, reward or consideration; or
Misuse of Drugs Act 1990 5 (b) offer to do an act mentioned in paragraph (a); or (c) do, or offer to do, an act preparatory to, in furtherance of, or for the purpose of, an act mentioned in paragraph (a); and includes barter and exchange. traffickable quantity, in relation to a dangerous drug, means a quantity or amount equal to or exceeding the quantity or amount of that dangerous drug specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 or 2 opposite to the name of the dangerous drug specified in column 1 of that Schedule. vehicle includes any means of transport whatsoever by land, water or through the air. veterinarian means a registered veterinarian as defined in section 3(1) of the Veterinarians Act 1994. Note for subsection (1) The Interpretation Act 1978 contains definitions and other provisions that may be relevant to this Act. (2) In this Act, a reference to a dangerous drug includes a reference to: (a) a substance which is, in relation to a dangerous drug: (i) an active principal of that dangerous drug; (ii) a preparation or mixture of that dangerous drug (which may include a substance that is not a dangerous drug) that contains any proportion of that dangerous drug; or (iii) a salt of that dangerous drug or active principal, except where the substance is separately specified in Schedule 1 or 2; and (b) a substance that is a drug analogue in relation to the dangerous drug, unless the substance is: (i) a dangerous drug; or (ii) a Scheduled substance as defined in section 7 of the Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012. (3) Subject to subsection (3A), for the purposes of determining under this Act whether an amount of a preparation or mixture of substances that contains a dangerous drug is equal to or more than the traffickable quantity or commercial quantity of the dangerous drug, the amount is to be determined as if all of the preparation or
Misuse of Drugs Act 1990 6 mixture were comprised of the dangerous drug. (3A) If the preparation or mixture contains more than one dangerous drug, subsection (3B) applies. (3B) If: (a) all dangerous drugs found in the preparation or mixture are specified in Schedule 1: column 2 of Schedule 1; and opposite it in column 3 of Schedule 1; (b) all dangerous drugs found in the preparation or mixture are specified in Schedule 2: column 2 of Schedule 2; and opposite it, in column 3 of Schedule 2; or (c) one or more of the dangerous drugs found in the preparation or mixture is specified in Schedule 1 and one or more of the other dangerous drugs found in the preparation or mixture are specified in Schedule 2: column 2 of Schedule 1; and