2001
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

(As presented)
(Minister for Health)
Drugs of Dependence Amendment Bill 2001 (No 2)

Contents
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	1	Name of Act	2
	2	Commencement	2
	3	Act amended	2
	4	Section 58 (2)	2
	5	Section 58 (3)	2
	6	Section 59	2
	7	Section 60 (1) (j) (i)	2
	8	Section 68	3
	9	Section 68 (a)	3
	10	Section 68 (b) (vii)	3
	11	Section 68 (c) and (d)	3
	12	New section 68 (2)	4
	13	Section 69 (1)	4
	14	Section 73 (1)	4
	15	Section 74 (1)	4
	16	Act	4

2001
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

(As presented)
(Minister for Health)
Drugs of Dependence Amendment Bill 2001 (No 2)

A Bill for
An Act to amend the Drugs of Dependence Act 1989 

    

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

1	Name of Act
This Act is the Drugs of Dependence Amendment Act 2001 (No 2).
2	Commencement
This Act commences on its notification day.
3	Act amended
This Act amends the Drugs of Dependence Act 1989.
4	Section 58 (2)
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written
5	Section 58 (3)
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written
6	Section 59
omit
written
7	Section 60 (1) (j) (i)
substitute
	(i)	if the chief health officer has approved the prescription—be endorsed ‘APPROVED BY CHO’ and include any approval number allocated by the chief health officer; or
8	Section 68 
omit
An application
substitute
	(1)	An application
9	Section 68 (a)
substitute
	(a)	be made in a way approved by the chief health officer; and
Example
Ways of making applications that the chief health officer might approve include telephone, email and fax.
10	Section 68 (b) (vii)
omit
substance; and
substitute
substance.
11	Section 68 (c) and (d)
omit
12	New section 68 (2)
insert
	(2)	If the chief health officer approves an application made orally by the applicant, the applicant must, not longer than 7 days after making the application, give written notice of the application to the chief health officer.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
13	Section 69 (1)
omit everything before paragraph (a), substitute
	(1)	If the chief health officer receives an application under section 68, the chief health officer must—
14	Section 73 (1)
substitute
	(1)	The chief health officer must give notice of an approval under this division, or of a variation or revocation of an approval under this division to the applicant.
15	Section 74 (1)
substitute
	(1)	An approval under this division is effective when the applicant receives notice of the approval.
16	Act
renumber subsections and paragraphs when Act next republished under Legislation Act 2001

Endnotes
Republications of amended laws
1	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.
Penalty units
2	The Legislation Act 2001, s 133 deals with the meaning of offence penalties that are expressed in penalty units.

© Australian Capital Territory 2001