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Western Australia
Misuse of Drugs Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2010
CONTENTS
Part 1 -- Preliminary
1. Short title 2
2. Commencement 2
Part 2 -- Misuse of Drugs Act 1981
amended
3. Act amended 3
4. Section 19B inserted 3
19B. Selling ice pipes 3
Part 3 -- Working with Children
(Criminal Record Checking)
Act 2004 amended
5. Act amended 5
6. Schedule 2 amended 5
156--1 page i
Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Misuse of Drugs Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2010
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1981 and to make a
consequential amendment to the Working with Children (Criminal
Record Checking) Act 2004.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
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Misuse of Drugs Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2010
Part 1 Preliminary
s. 1
1 Part 1 -- Preliminary
2 1. Short title
3 This is the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act (No. 2) 2010.
4 2. Commencement
5 This Act comes into operation as follows --
6 (a) Part 1 -- on the day on which this Act receives the
7 Royal Assent;
8 (b) the rest of the Act -- on the day after that day.
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Misuse of Drugs Act 1981 amended Part 2
s. 3
1 Part 2 -- Misuse of Drugs Act 1981 amended
2 3. Act amended
3 This Part amends the Misuse of Drugs Act 1981.
4 4. Section 19B inserted
5 Before section 19 insert:
6
7 19B. Selling ice pipes
8 (1) In this section --
9 child means a person who is under 18 years of age;
10 ice pipe means --
11 (a) a device capable of being used for the
12 administration of a prohibited drug by means of
13 the inhaling of the smoke or fumes resulting
14 from the heating or burning of the drug in a
15 crystal, powder, oil or base form; or
16 (b) a device that is apparently intended to be such a
17 device but is not capable of being so used
18 because it needs an adjustment, modification or
19 addition,
20 but does not include a device prescribed, or belonging
21 to a class prescribed, for the purposes of this definition.
22 (2) A person who sells, or offers to sell, an ice pipe to a
23 child commits a simple offence.
24 Penalty: a fine of $24 000 or imprisonment for 2 years
25 or both.
26 (3) A person --
27 (a) who sells, or offers to sell, an ice pipe to a
28 person other than a child; or
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Part 2 Misuse of Drugs Act 1981 amended
s. 4
1 (b) who displays an ice pipe, or authorises or
2 allows an ice pipe to be displayed, for sale in a
3 shop or other retail outlet,
4 commits a simple offence.
5 Penalty: a fine of $10 000.
6
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Misuse of Drugs Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2010
Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004 Part 3
amended
s. 5
1 Part 3 -- Working with Children (Criminal Record
2 Checking) Act 2004 amended
3 5. Act amended
4 This Part amends the Working with Children (Criminal Record
5 Checking) Act 2004.
6 6. Schedule 2 amended
7 In Schedule 2 before the heading "Prostitution Act 2000" insert:
8
Misuse of Drugs Act 1981
s. 19B(2) Selling, or offering to sell, ice pipe to
child
9
10
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