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CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (PROHIBITION OF SALE OF WATER PIPES) AMENDMENT BILL 2004

House of Assembly—No 39

As laid on the table and read a first time, 27 October 2004

South Australia

Controlled Substances (Prohibition of Sale of Water Pipes) Amendment Bill 2004

A Bill For

An Act to amend the Controlled Substances Act 1984.



Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Short title

2 Commencement

3 Amendment provisions

Part 2—Amendment of Controlled Substances Act 1984

4 Insertion of section 31A

31A Prohibition of sale of water pipes



The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Controlled Substances (Prohibition of Sale of Water Pipes) Amendment Act 2004.

2—Commencement

This Act will come into operation 3 months after assent.

3—Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.


Part 2—Amendment of Controlled Substances Act 1984

4—Insertion of section 31A

After section 31 insert:

31A—Prohibition of sale of water pipes

(1) A person must not sell a water pipe.

Maximum penalty: $2 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

(2) In this section—

water pipe means—

(a) a device capable of being used for the administration of a drug of dependence or a prohibited substance by means of the drawing of smoke or fumes (resulting from the heating or burning of the drug) through water or another liquid; or

(b) a device that is apparently intended to be such a device but that is not capable of being so used because it needs an adjustment, modification or addition,

and includes a device known as a bong, but does not include a device of a class or description prescribed by the regulations as not being a water pipe for the purposes of this definition.

 


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