Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered ActsIn section 4(1) of the Principal Act insert the following definitions—
""consume", in relation to a substance, includes the following—
(a) ingest the substance;
(b) inject the substance;
(c) inhale the substance;
(d) smoke the substance, or inhale fumes caused by heating or burning the substance;
(e) apply the substance externally to the body of a person;
(f) by any other means introduce the substance into any part of the body of a person;
"psychoactive effect", in relation to a person, means—
(a) stimulation or depression of the person's central nervous system, resulting in hallucinations or in a significant disturbance in, or significant change to, motor function, thinking, behaviour, perception, awareness or mood; or
(b) causing a state of dependence, including physical or psychological addiction;
"psychoactive substance" means—
(a) a substance that, when consumed by a person, has a psychoactive effect; or
(b) a substance that is represented
as,
or in any other way held out to be, a substance that, when consumed by a
person, has a psychoactive effect; or
(c) a substance referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) that is contained in or mixed with another substance—
but does not include any of the following—
(d) a drug of dependence;
(e) a poison or controlled substance;
(f) a volatile substance within the meaning of Part IV;
(g) medicinal cannabis;
(h) a therapeutic good—
(i) included in the Register within the meaning of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 of the Commonwealth; or
(ii) exempted from the operation of Part 3-2 of that Act by regulations made under section 18 of that Act; or
(iii) exempted from Division 2 of Part 3-2 of that Act under section 18A of that Act; or
(iv) that is the subject of an approval or authority under section 19 of that Act, if used in accordance with that approval or authority; or
(v) that is the subject of an approval under section 19A of that Act, if used in accordance with that approval;
(i) food within the meaning of the Food Act 1984 that complies with the Food Standards Code within the meaning of that Act;
(j) liquor within the meaning of the Liquor Control Reform Act 1998 ;
(k) a tobacco product within the meaning of the Tobacco Act 1987 ;
(l) a chemical product within the meaning of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 1992 ;
(m) a plant or fungus or an extract of a plant or fungus;
(n) a prescribed substance or a substance that is in a prescribed class of substances;
"public place" has the same meaning as it has in the Summary Offences Act 1966 ;".