Victorian Numbered Acts

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENT ACT 2017 (NO. 40 OF 2017) - SECT 24

    (1)     In section 77(1) of the Confiscation Act 1997 —

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

        (b)     for paragraph (b) substitute —

    "(b)     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 within the meaning of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 ; or

              (ii)         the production, sale, commercial supply or preparation for sale or commercial supply of a psychoactive substance within the meaning of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 ; or".

    (2)     After section 77(2) of the Confiscation Act 1997 insert —

    "(3)     In this section, " commercial supply" has the same meaning as it has in Part VI of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 .".