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Youth Justice Act 2005
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9 Illicit drug or substance
For this Act, an illicit drug or substance is any of the following:
(a) a drug or substance, the possession of which is prohibited
under a law in force in the Territory;
(b) a drug or substance for which a prescription is required, if no
prescription is in force in relation to the youth:
(i) in whose possession the drug or substance is found; or
(ii) in whose body the drug or substance is detected;
(c) in relation to a youth who is detained at a detention centre – a
drug or substance, the possession of which is prohibited under
the rules of the detention centre;
(d) in relation to a youth who is the subject of an alternative
detention order – a drug or substance, the possession of
which is prohibited under the conditions of the order.