Victorian Numbered Acts

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENT ACT 2017 (NO. 40 OF 2017) - SECT 15

    (1)     In section 83(1) of the Principal Act—

        (a)     in paragraph (a), after "dependence" insert ", a psychoactive substance";

        (b)     for paragraph (b) substitute —

    "(b)     an instrument, device or substance is an instrument, device or substance that is or has been used or is capable of being used for or in—

              (i)     the cultivation, manufacture, sale or use or in the preparation for cultivation, manufacture, sale or use of a drug of dependence; or

              (ii)         the production, sale, commercial supply or preparation for sale or commercial supply of a psychoactive substance—";

        (c)     for "dependence or poison" (where twice occurring) substitute "dependence, psychoactive substance or poison";

        (d)     in paragraph (c), after "dependence," insert "psychoactive substance,".

    (2)     In section 83(5) of the Principal Act, after "dependence" insert ", psychoactive substance".