Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) Section 3(1), definitions "adult", analyst , cultivate , dangerous drug"," Indigenous community , manufacture"," prohibited plant , steals and unlawful
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(2) Section 3(1)
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"analyst" means a person who is:
(a) appointed to be an analyst under subsection (8); or
(b) authorised under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory to issue a certificate or other document relating to a dangerous drug or other substance that is prima facie evidence of the facts alleged in the document.
"cultivate", in relation to a plant, includes the following:
(a) plant a seed, seedling or cutting of the plant or transplant the plant;
(b) nurture, tend or grow the plant;
(c) guard or conceal the plant, including against interference or discovery by humans or natural predators;
(d) harvest the plant, including picking any part of the plant or separating any resin or other substance from the plant.
"dangerous drug" means a Schedule 1 drug or Schedule 2 drug.
Note for definition dangerous drug
See also subsection (2).
"drug analogue", see section 4B.
"firearm", see section 3(1) of the Firearms Act .
"indigenous community" means an area prescribed by regulation.
"infringement notice", see section 20A(1).
"infringement notice offence", see section 20(1).
"manufacture", in relation to a substance or thing, means any process by which the substance or thing is:
(a) produced, other than by the cultivation of a plant; or
(b) extracted or refined; or
(c) transformed into a different substance.
"prescribed amount", see section 20(2).
"prohibited plant" means:
(a) a plant that is specified in Schedule 1 or 2; or
(b) a plant that is not specified in Schedule 1 or 2 if a part of the plant, or an extract from the plant, is specified in Schedule 1 or 2.
Schedule 1 drug means:
(a) a substance or thing that is specified in Schedule 1; or
(b) a plant that is not specified in Schedule 1 if a part of the plant, or an extract from the plant, is specified in Schedule 1.
Schedule 2 drug means:
(a) a substance or thing that is specified in Schedule 2; or
(b) a plant that is not specified in Schedule 2 if a part of the plant, or an extract from the plant, is specified in Schedule 2.
(3) Section 3(1), definition" supply", paragraph (a), at the end
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or
(4) Section 3(1), definition" supply", paragraphs (b) and (c)
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(b) offer to do an act mentioned in paragraph (a); or
(c) do, or offer to do, an act preparatory to, in furtherance of, or for the purpose of, an act mentioned in paragraph (a);
(5) Section 3(1), definition veterinarian
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within the meaning
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as defined in section 3(1)
(6) Section 3(2)(b)
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(b) a substance that is a drug analogue in relation to the dangerous drug, unless the substance is:
(i) a dangerous drug; or
(ii) a Scheduled substance as defined in section 7 of the Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act .
(7) Section 3(4)
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all words from "the purposes" to "quantity and"
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this Act, the traffickable quantity or commercial quantity, respectively, of a substance that is a drug analogue is the traffickable quantity or
(8) Section 3(6)
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the purposes of
(9) Section 3(6)(a), at the end
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or
(10) Section 3(6)(c)
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participates.
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participates; or
(11) After section 3(6)(c)
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(d) exercises control or direction over a step in that process.