AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Drugs of Dependence (Amendment) Act
(No. 2) 1992
No. 61 of 1992
	
An Act to amend the Drugs of Dependence Act 1989
	[Notified in ACT Gazette S183: 30 October 1992]
	The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:
Short title
1.  This Act may be cited as the Drugs of Dependence (Amendment) Act (No. 2) 1992.
Principal Act
2.  In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Drugs of Dependence Act 1989.1
Interpretation
3.  Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of “methadone program treatment centre” and substituting the following definition:
“ ‘methadone program treatment centre’ means a treatment centre or other facility where methadone is administered to drug dependent persons for the treatment of their drug dependency—
	(a)	conducted by the Board or the Territory; or
	(b)	approved under Division 4 of Part IX for that purpose;
whether or not the primary purpose of the centre or facility is to provide treatment for persons who are drug dependent;”.
Interpretation
4.  Section 95 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the definitions of “prescribed person” and “ward” and substituting the following definitions:
“ ‘prescribed person’ means—
	(a)	a licensee;
	(b)	a pharmacist in control of a dispensary;
	(c)	a Chief Pharmacist;
	(d)	a medical practitioner, dentist or veterinary surgeon; or
	(e)	a person in charge of a methadone program treatment centre;
‘ward’ includes a methadone program treatment centre, whether or not the centre forms part of an institution;”.
Patients’ records
5.  Section 108 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “, where the centre is not a ward” and substituting “that does not form part of an institution”.
Approval—grant
6.  Section 150 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the following subsection:
"(3)  The Board shall, within 28 days after receiving an application in accordance with section 149, make a decision under subsection (1) granting or refusing to grant an approval to the applicant to conduct a treatment centre of the type, and at the premises, specified in the application.".

note
1.	Ordinance No. 11, 1989 as amended by Nos. 21 and 38, 1989; Act No. 63, 1990; Nos. 5 and 44, 1991; No. 52, 1992.
[Presentation speech made in Assembly on  8 September 1992]
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