Queensland Consolidated Acts

DRUGS MISUSE ACT 1986 - SECT 9A

9A Possessing relevant substances or things

(1) A person who unlawfully possesses a relevant substance or thing commits a crime.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—15 years imprisonment.

(1A) It is a defence to a charge of an offence against subsection (1) for a person to prove that the person has a reasonable excuse for possessing the relevant substance or thing.

(2) In this section—

"relevant substance or thing" means—

(a) a substance that is, or contains, a controlled substance and the gross weight of the relevant substance is of, or exceeds, the gross weight specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 8A in respect of the relevant substance; or

(b) substances that together are, or contain, a controlled substance and the total gross weight of the relevant substances is of, or exceeds, the total of the gross weights specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 8A in respect of the relevant substances; or

(c) a thing specified in the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 , schedule 8B .