Section 59E of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:

(1)  The Secretary may, on an application made under this section in respect of any person (in this section referred to as the patient ), authorise a medical practitioner, dentist, authorised health professional or authorised nurse practitioner to make available –

(a) a narcotic substance or a specified substance; or

(b) more than one narcotic substance; or

(c) more than one specified substance; or

(d) a combination of one or more narcotic substances and one or more specified substances –

for the use of the patient.

(b) by omitting from subsection (4)(a) "the narcotic substance or specified substance" and substituting "each substance to be made available" ;

(c) by omitting from subsection (4)(b) "of the substance" and substituting ", including an amount up to a maximum amount of each substance," ;

(d) by omitting paragraph (d) from subsection (4) and substituting the following paragraph:

(d) other substances, if any, which must not be made available in conjunction with a substance specified in paragraph (a) ; and

(e) by omitting from subsection (4)(e) "the substance" and substituting "if any, the substance or substances specified in paragraph (a) " ;

(f) by inserting in subsection (8) "terms or" after "the" .