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### 86C Interpretation
> *\[Section 86C Repealed by No. 20 of 1993, s. 81 \]*In this Division –
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> > ***controlled drug*** has the same meaning as in the [Misuse of Drugs Act 2001](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2001-094) ;
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> > ***device*** includes components that together make a device;
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> > ***exempt pipe*** means a device, or a class of devices, that is prescribed by the regulations as being an exempt pipe for the purposes of this definition;
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> > ***exempt shop*** means a place, structure or thing, or a class of places, structures or things, in, on or at which a business that sells goods is carried on, that is prescribed by the regulations as being an exempt shop for the purposes of this definition;
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> > ***ice pipe*** means a device that –
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> > > > (a) is capable of being used, or is intended to be used, for the purpose of administering a controlled drug into the body of a person by the drawing or inhaling of smoke, or vapour or fumes, resulting from the heating or burning of the controlled drug in a crystal or powder form; or
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> > > > (b) is intended to be used as such a device but requires adjustment, modification or addition before it is so used; or
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> > > > (c) is of a prescribed class, type or description;
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> > ***shop*** means –
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> > > > (a) all, or any part of, a building, premises or place in or at which a business that sells goods is carried on; or
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> > > > (b) all, or any part of, a stall, booth, tent, stand, trailer, vehicle, caravan or other temporary or permanent fixed or mobile structure or thing in, on or at which a business that sells goods is carried on; or
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> > > > (c) any other place, structure or thing in, on or at which a business that sells goods is carried on that is prescribed by the regulations as being a shop for the purposes of this definition.