59Regulations relating to narcotics and narcotic substances

59 Regulations relating to narcotics and narcotic substances

[Section 59 Subsection (6) amended by No. 68 of 1994, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]**[Section 59 Subsection (6) amended by No. 2 of 1996, s. 87 and Sched. 7 ]

(1)  *[Section 59 Subsection (1) amended by No. 27 of 1984, s. 24 ]*The Governor may make regulations for controlling the making, refining, preparation, sale, supply, prescription, possession, use, and distribution of narcotic substances or any of them, or of raw narcotics or any of them and, in particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, for or with respect to –

(a) regulating the granting of licences for the purposes of this Part;

(b) prescribing or regulating the times or stage of growth or development at which a prohibited plant may be harvested, treated, processed, or manufactured into narcotic drugs or other substances by the holders of licences under this Part, and prohibiting the harvesting, treatment, or processing of a prohibited plant or any part thereof except in accordance with such conditions as may be prescribed, and requiring and regulating the clearing, cleansing, or treatment as prescribed of any soil in which a prohibited plant has been so grown and the destruction of any part thereof not required by the holder of such a licence for any purpose of treatment, processing, or manufacture;

(c) prohibiting the making, refining, or preparation of a narcotic substance except on premises licensed for the purpose by the Minister and subject to any conditions specified in the licence;

(d) regulating the importation into, and export from, the State of any narcotic substance or raw narcotic;

(e) [Section 59 Subsection (1) amended by No. 78 of 2007, s. 12, Applied:01 Jul 2008] [Section 59 Subsection (1) amended by No. 15 of 2017, s. 25, Applied:13 Jun 2017] regulating the issue by medical practitioners, dentists, authorised health professionals, authorised nurse practitioners and veterinary surgeons of prescriptions for the supply of substances that are or contain narcotic substances and the dispensing of those prescriptions and prohibiting the issue of any such prescriptions by other persons;

(f) prescribing the persons by whom, the circumstances in which, and the conditions under which, a narcotic substance may be administered to a person;