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Police Administration Act 1978
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120A Definitions
dangerous drug means:
(a) a dangerous drug as defined in section 3(1) of the Misuse of
Drugs Act 1990; or
(b) a prohibited substance as defined in section 12 of the
Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012; or
(c) kava.
drug manufacturing equipment means anything that may be
used in the manufacture of a dangerous drug.
kava means kava as defined in section 3 of the Kava Management
Act 1998.
manufacture, for a dangerous drug, see section 3(1) of the Misuse
public place includes the following:
(a) every place to which free access is permitted to the public with
the express or tacit consent of the owner or occupier of the
place;
(b) every place to which the public are admitted on payment of
money, the test of the admittance being the payment of the
money only;
(c) every road, street, footway, court, alley or thoroughfare that
the public are allowed to use, even if the road, street, footway,
court, alley or thoroughfare is on private property;
(d) every school, college, university or similar institution providing
or offering to provide courses of instruction.
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