Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 2002 - SECT 612

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person possesses a large commercial quantity of a controlled precursor—

        (a)     with the intention of using any of it to manufacture a controlled drug; and

        (b)     with the intention of selling any of the manufactured drug or believing that someone else intends to sell any of the manufactured drug.

Maximum penalty: 2 500 penalty units, imprisonment for 25 years or both.

    (2)     Absolute liability applies to the circumstance that the quantity possessed was a large commercial quantity.

    (3)     A person commits an offence if the person possesses a commercial quantity of a controlled precursor—

        (a)     with the intention of using any of it to manufacture a controlled drug; and

        (b)     with the intention of selling any of the manufactured drug or believing that someone else intends to sell any of the manufactured drug.

Maximum penalty: 1 500 penalty units, imprisonment for 15 years or both.

    (4)     Absolute liability applies to the circumstance that the quantity possessed was a commercial quantity.

    (5)     A person commits an offence if the person possesses a controlled precursor—

        (a)     with the intention of using any of it to manufacture a controlled drug; and

        (b)     with the intention of selling any of the manufactured drug or believing that someone else intends to sell any of the manufactured drug.

Maximum penalty: 700 penalty units, imprisonment for 7 years or both.