New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DRUG MISUSE AND TRAFFICKING ACT 1985 - SECT 24A

24A Possession of precursors and certain apparatus for manufacture or production of prohibited drugs

(1) A person who has possession of--

(a) a precursor, or

(b) a drug manufacture apparatus,

intended by the person for use in the manufacture or production, by that person or another person, of a prohibited drug is guilty of an offence.

(2) Nothing in this section renders unlawful the possession of a precursor or drug manufacture apparatus for use in the manufacture or production of a prohibited drug by--

(a) a person licensed or authorised to do so under the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 , or

(a1) a person acting under a poppy licence under the Poppy Industry Act 2016 , or

(b) a person acting in accordance with an authority granted by the Director-General of the Department of Health where the Director-General is satisfied that the manufacture or production of the prohibited drug is for the purpose of scientific research, instruction, analysis or study.

(3) In this section--

"drug manufacture apparatus" means an apparatus specified or described in the regulations as a drug manufacture apparatus for the purposes of this section.

"precursor" means a substance specified or described in the regulations as a precursor for the purposes of this section.