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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
House of Assembly—No 39
As laid on the table and read a first time, 27 October 2004
South Australia
Controlled
Substances (Prohibition of Sale of Water Pipes) Amendment Bill 2004
A Bill For
An Act to amend the Controlled Substances Act 1984.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Controlled
Substances Act 1984
4 Insertion of section 31A
31A Prohibition of
sale of water pipes
The Parliament of South Australia enacts
as follows:
This Act may be cited as the Controlled Substances (Prohibition
of Sale of Water Pipes) Amendment Act 2004.
This Act will come into operation 3 months after assent.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the
amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment of Controlled Substances Act 1984
After section 31 insert:
31A—Prohibition
of sale of water pipes
(1) A person must not sell a water pipe.
Maximum penalty: $2 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) In this section—
water pipe means—
(a) a
device capable of being used for the administration of a drug of dependence or
a prohibited substance by means of the drawing of smoke or fumes (resulting
from the heating or burning of the drug) through water or another liquid; or
(b) a
device that is apparently intended to be such a device but that is not capable
of being so used because it needs an adjustment, modification or addition,
and includes a device known as a bong, but does not include a device of a class or description prescribed by the regulations as not being a water pipe for the purposes of this definition.