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DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 55P

Review of this Part and licensing of medically supervised injecting centre for trial period

    (1)     The Minister must arrange for a review to be conducted of—

        (a)     the operation and use of the licensed medically supervised injecting centre; and

        (b)     the extent to which the object of this Part has been advanced during the period of the medically supervised injecting centre licence; and

        (c)     how this Part and any regulations made for the purposes of this Part have operated and whether they require amendment.

    (2)     The review—

        (a)     must be commenced no later than 12 months after the day on which the medically supervised injecting centre licence commences; and

        (b)     may be completed before or after the licence ceases to have effect.

    (3)     The Minister is authorised to access, collect, use and disclose any data or information required to complete the review subject to—

        (a)     in the case of health information within the meaning of the Health Records Act 2001 , the access, collection, use and disclosure being in accordance with that Act and the Health Privacy Principles; and

        (b)     in the case of personal information within the meaning of the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 , the access, collection, use and disclosure being in accordance with that Act and the Information Privacy Principles.

    (4)     The Minister must cause a copy of the review to be tabled before each House of the Parliament as soon as practicable after the review is completed.

S. 55PA inserted by No. 7/2023 s. 29.



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