History Details

Misuse of Drugs Act 1981

6 July 1998 - 3 July 2000

Notes

^1. This is a compilation of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1981 and includes the amendments effected by the other Acts referred to in Part I of the following Table and by the Orders in Council referred to in Part II of the following Table.

Table of Acts and Orders in Council
PART I ¾ ACTS

Act	Number and Year	Assent	Commencement	Miscellaneous
Misuse of Drugs Act 1981	66 of 1981	23 October 1981	1 September 1982 (see Gazette 20 August 1982 p.3250)
Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 1990	50 of 1990	4 December 1990	4 December 1990
Conservation and Land Management Amendment Act 1991, section 57	20 of 1991	25 June 1991	23 August 1991 (see Gazette 23 August 1991 p.4353)
Poisons Amendment Act 1994, section 11	12 of 1994	15 April 1994	27 May 1994 (see Gazette 7 May 1994 p.2205)
Acts Amendment (Public Sector Management) Act 1994, section 3 (2)	32 of 1994	29 June 1994	1 October 1994 (see Gazette 30 September 1994 p.4948)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 1994, section 4	73 of 1994	9 December 1994	9 December 1994
Acts Amendment (Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices) Act 1994, Part 15	92 of 1994	23 December 1994	1 January 1995 (see section 2)
Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 1995	44 of 1995	18 October 1995	16 August 1996 (see section 2 and Gazette 16 August 1996 p.4007)	Section 16: transitional²
Poisons Amendment Act 1995, section 43	48 of 1995	6 November 1995	20 March 1996 (see Gazette 19 March 1996 p.1203)
Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 1998	3 of 1998	26 March 1998	26 March 1998 (see section 2)

PART II ¾ ORDERS IN COUNCIL

Orders	Gazettal	Commencement	Miscellaneous
Misuse of Drugs (Amounts of Prohibited Drugs) Order 1990	30 November 1990 p.5937	30 November 1990
Misuse of Drugs (Amounts of Prohibited Drugs) Order 1991	29 November 1991 pp.6040-1	29 November 1991
Misuse of Drugs (Amounts of Prohibited Drugs) Order 1994	22 March 1994 p.1245	22 March 1994

² Section 16 of the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 1995 (Act No. 44 of 1995) reads as follows ¾

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16. Transitional

(1) The principal Act as amended by this Act applies to and in relation to things seized before the commencement of this Act and in particular a direction may be given under section 27 of the principal Act as amended by this Act in respect of any such thing.

(2) Anything done by an analyst or botanist under the principal Act before the commencement of this Act in relation to any thing seized before the commencement of this Act shall, for the purposes of the principal Act as amended by this Act, be taken to be a thing done by an approved analyst or an approved botanist.

(3) A certificate given by an analyst or botanist under the principal Act before the commencement of this Act continues to have effect after the commencement of this Act as if the certificate had been given in accordance with the principal Act as amended by this Act.

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