Tasmania regulation

Misuse of Drugs Order 2005

In ForceTAS

Jurisdiction

Tasmania

Act Number

39 of 2005

Collection

regulation

Plain English Summary

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This Order formally amends the Misuse of Drugs Act 2001 by updating the authorised version of that Act and becomes effective on the day its notice is published in the Gazette. It is titled the Misuse of Drugs Order 2005 and is administered by the Department of Justice (cl.1–4). Those regulated under the Misuse of Drugs Act—regulators, practitioners and persons subject to the Act—are affected because the Order alters the statutory text and timing for when those changes take effect (cl.2, cl.4).

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Short title

1 Short title

This order may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs Order 2005 .

Commencement

2 Commencement

This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.

Principal Act

3 Principal Act

In this order, the Misuse of Drugs Act 2001 is referred to as the Principal Act.

4.

The amendments effected by this clause have been incorporated into the authorised version of the Misuse of Drugs Act 2001 .

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 18 May 2005

This order is administered in the Department of Justice.

Source text

Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.