DRUG MISUSE AND TRAFFICKING (AMENDMENT) ACT 1988 No. 17

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1 DRUG MISUSE AND TRAFFICKING (AMENDMENT) ACT 1988 No. 17 NEW SOUTH WALES TABLE OF PROVISIONS Sht title Commencement 3. Meaning of "Principal Act" Amendment of Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 No. 226 Operation of amendments SCHEDULE 1 AMENDMENTS

2 DRUG MISUSE AND TRAFFICKING (AMENDMENT) ACT 1988 No. 17 NEW SOUTH WALES Act No. 17, 1988 An Act to amend the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 with respect to the categies of prohibited plants and drugs under that Act, to increase penalties f certain offences and f other purposes. [Assented to 21 June 1988]

3 Sht title 2 Drug Misuse and Trafficking (Amendment) 1988 The Legislature of New South Wales enacts: 1. This Act may be cited as the Drug Misuse and Trafficking (Amendment) Act Commencement 2. This Act commences on a day days to be appointed by proclamation. Meaning of "Principal Act" 3. The Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 is referred to in this Act as the Principal Act. Amendment of Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 No The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 1. Operation of amendments 5. (1) An amendment made to the Principal Act by this Act does not apply to an offence alleged to have been committed befe the commencement of the amendment, except as provided by subsection (2). (2) Section 43 (Certificate evidence) of the Principal Act, as amended by this Act, applies to the production of a certificate under that section after the commencement of Schedule 1 (8) whether the offence to which the certificate relates is alleged to have been committed befe after that commencement. (1) Section 3 (Definitions) SCHEDULE 1 AMENDMENTS (a) Section 3(1), definition of "cannabis resin" Omit the definition, insert instead: (Sec. 4) "cannabis resin" means the separated resin (whether crude purified) obtained from cannabis leaf, but does not include cannabis oil;

4 3 Act No. 17 Drug Misuse and Trafficking (Amendment) 1988 SCHEDULE 1 AMENDMENTS continued (b) Section 3(1), definition of "discrete dosage unit" Omit "Column 5", insert instead "Column 6". (2) Section 21 (Penalties) Omit "$2,000", insert instead "20 penalty units". (3) Section 30 (Indictable offences punishable summarily without consent of accused) Section 30 (3) Omit the subsection, insert instead: (3) The penalty f an offence dealt with under this section is a fine of 50 penalty units imprisonment f 2 years, both. (4) Section 31 (Indictable offences punishable summarily with consent of accused) Section 31 (3) Omit the subsection, insert instead: (3) The penalty f an offence dealt with under this section is a fine of 100 penalty units imprisonment f 2 years, both. (5) Section 32 (Penalty f offences dealt with on indictment not involving commercial quantities) Section 32 (g), (h) Omit "$200,000" wherever occurring, insert instead "2,000 penalty units". (6) Section 33 Omit the section, insert instead: Penalties f offences involving commercial quantities 33. (1) This section applies to the following offences: (a) an offence under section 23 (2), 24 (2) 25 (2); (b) an offence under section 26 of conspiring to commit an offence referred to in paragraph (a); (c) an offence under section 27 of aiding, abetting, counselling, procuring, soliciting inciting the commission of an offence referred to in paragraph (a);

5 4 Drug Misuse and Trafficking (Amendment) 1988 SCHEDULE 1 AMENDMENTS continued (d) an offence under section 28 of conspiring to commit, of aiding, abetting, counselling procuring the commission of, an offence under a law in fce outside New South Wales which cresponds to section 23 (2), 24 (2) 25 (2). (2) The penalty f an offence is (a) except as provided by paragraph (b), a fine of 3,500 penalty units imprisonment f 20 years, both; (b) where the offence relates to cannabis plant cannabis leaf, a fine of 3,500 penalty units imprisonment f 15 years, both. (3) Despite subsection (2), if the court is satisfied that the offence involved not less than the large commercial of the prohibited plant prohibited drug concerned, the penalty f the offence is (a) except as provided by paragraph (b), a fine of 5,000 penalty units imprisonment f life, both; (b) where the offence relates to cannabis plant cannabis leaf, a fine of 5,000 penalty units imprisonment f 20 years, both. (4) In this section "large commercial ", in relation to a prohibited plant prohibited drug, means the number amount, if any, specified opposite the plant drug in Column 5 of Schedule 1. (7) Section 38 (Destruction of prohibited plants by Direct-General) Section 38 (1), definition of "Direct-General" Omit the definition, insert instead: "Direct-General" means the Direct-General of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries. (8) Section 43 (Certificate evidence) (a) Section 43 (1), (2) Befe "substance" wherever occurring, insert "plant ". (b) Section 43 (3)-(6) Omit section 43 (3), insert instead: (3) Any appointed person analysing any plant submitted to the person may give a certificate of the result of the analysis.

6 5 Act No. 17 Drug Misuse and Trafficking (Amendment) 1988 SCHEDULE 1 AMENDMENTS continued (4) In any legal proceedings under this Act, the production of a certificate, purpting to be signed by an appointed person, is prima facie evidence of (a) the identity of the plant analysed; and (b) the mass of that plant, without proof of the signature appointment of the person appearing to have signed the certificate, but only if the plant identified is cannabis plant cannabis leaf. (5) The Direct-General of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries may appoint a person to give certificates f the purposes of this section if the Direct-General considers the person to be suitably qualified. (6) In this section "analyst" means (a) any person employed by the Government of New South Wales as an analyst; and (b) any person who is an analyst within the meaning of the Therapeutic Goods and Cosmetics Act 1972; "appointed person" means a person appointed under subsection (5); "plant" includes any part of a plant, and the achene and seed of a plant. (9) Schedule 1 Omit the Schedule, insert instead:

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8 SCHEDULE I continued Prohibited plant prohibited drug Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Traffickable Small Indictable Commercial Large Discrete commercial dosage unit (DDU) 3-Bromo-4-methoxyamphetamine. Bufotenine and its derivatives being those derivatives having hallucinogenic properties 15 DDU 4 DDU 25 DDU kg 0.05kg 0.005g 0.075g 0.02g 0.125g 15 DDU 4 DDU 25 DDU 500.0g 0.8g 300.0g 30.0g looo.og 25.0kg 100.0kg 2.0g lo.og 500.0g g 90.0g 2.5kg 10.0kg V-5g 2.5g 12.5g 1.25kg 5.0kg 250.0g 1.0kg Cannabis leaf Cannabis oil Cannabis plant Cannabis resin Cathinone Clonitazene Cocaine Codeine except where Schedule Two Four of the Poisons List applies kg 10.0kg Codeine-N-oxide kg 10.0kg Codoximc kg 10.0kg Desomphine Dcxiromamidc Diamphine-see heroin Diampromide Diethylthiambutene NiN-Diethyltryptamine Difenoxin except where Schedule Four of the Poisons List applies 0.6g 0.1 kg 0.4kg 7.5g 2.5g 12.5g 1.25kg 5.0kg 7-5g 2.5g 12.5g 1.25kg 5.0kg

9 Prohibited plant prohibited drug Dihydrocodeine except where Schedule Two Four of the Poisons List applies Dihydromphine Dimenoxadol Dimepheptanol 2.4-Dimethoxyamphetamine 2.5-Dimethoxyamphetamine 3.4-Dimcthoxyamphetamine 3.4-Dimethoxy-5-cthoxyamphetamine 2.5-Dimethoxy-4-ethoxyamphetamine 4.5-Dimethoxy-2-ethoxyamphetamine 2.5-Dimethoxy-4-ethylamphetaminc SCHEDULE I continued Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Traffickable Small Indictable Commercial Large Discrete commercial dosage unit (DDU) kg 10.0kg kg 10.0kg kg 10.0kg kg 10.0kg 0.8g 15 DDU 4 DDU 25 DDU 0.5 kg 0.8g 0.8g 0.8g 0.8g 0.8g 0.8g

10 SCHEDULE 1 continued Prohibited plant prohibited drug Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Traffickable Small Indictable Commercial Large commercial Discrete dosage unit (DDU) 2.5-Dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine and other substances structurally derived from methoxyphenylethylamine being those substances having hallucinogenic properties 15 DDU Dimethylthiambutene 30.0g 2.3-Dimethoxy-4.5- methylenedioxyamphetamine DDU 2.5-Dirnethoxy-3,4- methylenedioxyamphetamine 15 DDU 3.4-Dimethoxyphenylethylamine 15 DDU 3-(1.2-Dimethylheptyl)-l-hydroxy-7,8,9,10- tetrahvdro lrimethyl-6h-dibenzo (b.d)pyran 15 DDU N:N-Dimethyltryptamine and its derivatives being those derivatives having hallucinogenic properties 15 DDU 4 DDU 25 DDU 0.8g O.Og 50.0g 5.0kg 20.0kg 4 DDU 25 DDU 0.8g 4 DDU 25 DDU 0.8g 4 DDU 25 DDU 0.8g 4 DDU 25 DDU cr 0.8g 4 DDU 25 DDU 0.8g

11 SCHEDULE 1 continued Prohibited plant prohibited drug Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Traflfickable Small Indictable Commercial Large commercial Discrete dosage unit (DDU) Dioxaphetyl butyrate Diphenoxylate except where Schedule Four of the Poisons List applies Dipipanone 1 Ecgonine. its esters and derivatives which are convertible to ecgonine and cocaine Ethylenedioxy-3-methoxyamphetamine 15 DDU Ethylmethylthiambutene 1 Ethylmphine except where Schedule Two Four of the Poisons List applies. Elonitazene 7.5g Etphine 7.5g Etoxeridine 7.5g Fenetylline Fentanyl g Furethidine 1.5g Heroin 3-Hexyl-1 -hydroxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydro trimethyl-6H-dibenzo (b.d)pyran. 15 DDU Hydrocodone Hydromphinol Hydromphone Hydroxypethidine 7.5g Ketobemidone 2 2.5kg 10.0kg 2 2.5kg 10.0kg 4 DDU 25 DDU 0.8g 2 2.5kg 10.0kg 2.5g 12.5g 1.25kg 5.0kg 2.5g 12.5g 1.25kg 5.0kg 2.5g 12.5g 1.25kg 5.0kg g g kg 0.005kg 0.5g 2.5g 0.25kg 1.0kg 250.0g 1.0kg 4 DDU 25 DDU 0.8g 12.5g 1.25kg 5.0kg

12 SCHEDULE 1 continued Prohibited plant Traffickable prohibited drug Column I Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Small Indictable Commercial Large Discrete commercial dosage unit (DDU) Levphanol 1.5g Lysergic acid and its derivatives being those derivatives having hallucinogenic properties 15 DDL) 0.003g Lysergide and its derivatives being those derivatives having hallucinogenic properties 15 DDU 0.003g Mescaline and other substances structurally derived from methoxyphenylethylamine having hallucinogenic properties 15 DDU 11.25g Metazocine 10.5g Methadone 4-Methoxyamphetamine 15 DDU 4-Methoxymethylamphetamine 15 DDU 2-Methoxy-3.4- methylenedioxyamphetamine 15 DDU 0.5g 2.5g 4 DDU 25 DDU g 0.005g 4 DDU 25 DDU g 0.005g 4 DDU 50 DDU 18.75B 3.5g 17.5g 4 DDU 25 DDU 0.8g 4 DDU 25 DDU 0.8g 4 DDU 25 DDU 0.8g 0.25kg 1.875kg 1.75kg 1.0kg kg 0.002kg 7.5kg 7.0kg :.0kg kg 0.002kg g 0.75g 0.2?

13 Prohibited plant prohibited drug 2-Methoxy-4,5- mcthylencdioxyamphetaminc 3-Methoxy-4,5- methylenedioxyamphetamine 4-Methoxy-2,3- methylcnedioxyamphetamine 2-Methoxy-3,4- methylenedioxyphenylethylamine Methoxy-4.5- methylenedioxyphenylethylamine 4-Melhoxyphenylethylamine Methylamphetamine Methyldesphine Methyldihydromphine 3. 4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine 3. 4-Mcthylenedioxymethylamphetamine 3-Melhylfentanyl SCHEDULE I continued Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Trafnckable Small Indictable Commercial Large Discrete commercial dosage unit (DDU) 0.8g 0.8g 0.8g 0.8g 15 DDU 0.75g 0.75g g 0.8g 4 DDU 0.8g 0.25g 0.25g g 25 DDU 1.25g 1.25g g 0.25kg 0.125kg 0.125kg kg 1.0kg 0.005kg

14 Prohibited plant prohibited drug Mcthylphenidate l-methyl-4-phenyl-4-propionoxypiperidine 3-Methylthiofentanyl Metopon Monoacetylmphine 6-Monoacetylmphine and other acetylated derivatives of mphine Mpheridine Mphine Mphine-N-oxide Myrophine Nicocodine except where Schedule Two Four of the Poisons List applies Nicodicodine except where Schedule Two Four of the Poisons List applies Nicomphine Nacylmethadol Ncodeine except where Schedule Two Four of the Poisons List applies Nlevphanol Nmethadone Nmphine Npipanone Opium Opium, prepared Oxycodone Oxymphonc Paraflurofentanvl SCHEDULE l continued Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 ( nluinn i Column 6 Traffickable Small Indictable Commercial Large commercial Discrete dosage unit (DDU) g O.0025g g 2.5kg kg 0.25kg 10.0kg 0.005kg 1.0kg 30.0g lo.og 50.0g 0.25kg 0.25kg 0.25kg 5.0kg 1.0kg 1.0kg 1.0kg 20.0kg 7-5g 30.0g g 30.0g 7.5g g 2.5g lo.og lo.og lo.og 2.5g g 12.5g 50.0g g 50.0g 12.5g g 1.25kg 5.0kg 2.5kg 1.0kg 1.0kg 1.25kg kg 5.0kg 20.0kg 10.0kg 4.0kg 4.0kg 5.0kg 0.005Kg

15 Prohibited plant prohibited drug Pethidine Phenadoxone Phenampromide Phenazocinc Phcncyclidine Phendimctrazine Phenmetrazine Phenomphan Phenopcridine l-phenylethyl-4-acetoxypiperidine.. Pholcodine except where Schedule Two Four of the Poisons List applies Piminodine Piritramide Proheptazine Prohibited plant, other than cannabis plant Properidine Psilocin and its derivatives being those derivatives having hallucinogenic properties Psilocybin and its derivatives being those derivatives having hallucinogenic properties Tetrahvdrocannabinol SCHEDULE 1 continued Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Traffickable Small Indictable Commercial Large Discrete commercial dosage unit (DDU) 0.25kg 1.0kg kg 10.0kg kg 10.0kg 15g 0.5g 2.5g 0.25kg 1.0kg 250.0g 1.0kg 7.5g 2.5g 12.5g 1.25kg 5.0kg 7.5g 2.5g I2.5g 1.25kg 5.0kg 7.5g 2.5g 12.5g 1.25kg 5.0kg 1.5g 0.5g 2.5g 0.25kg 1.0kg kg 10.0kg 7.5g 2.5g 12.5g 1.25kg 5.0kg I 2 2.5kg 10.0kg 15g 0.5g 2.5g 0.25kg 1.0kg l.5g 0.5g 2.5g 0.25kg 1.0kg g 12.5g 62.5g 6.25kg 25.0kg 15 DDU 4 DDU 25 DDU 2 loo.og O.Olg 0.075g 0.04g 0.25g 15 DDU 4 DDU 25 DDU 2 loo.og O.Olg 0.15g 0.04g 0.25g

16 Prohibited plant prohibited drug Tetramethoxyamphetamine Thebacon Thebaine Thiofcntanyl Trimeperidine Trimethoxyamphetamine Trimcthoxyamphetamine Trimethoxyamphetamine Trimethoxyamphetamine Trimethoxyamphetamine Trimethoxyamphetamine l-(3.4.5-trimethoxyphenyl)-2-aminobutame Trimethoxyphenylethylamine. SCHEDULE I continued Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Traffickable Small Indictable Commercial Large Discrete commercial dosage unit (DDU) 0.8g I.Og g g O.0125g kg kg kg 10.0kg 0.8g 0.8g g 0.8g 0.8g 0.8g 0.8g 0.8g

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