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South Australia
Controlled Substances (Simple Possession Offences)
Amendment Bill 2015
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the
Controlled
Substances Act 1984
.
Contents
Part 2—Amendment of Controlled
Substances Act 1984
Schedule 1—Transitional
provision
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Controlled Substances (Simple Possession
Offences) Amendment Act 2015.
This Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed by
proclamation.
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
Section 34—delete the section and substitute:
34—Application of Division
(1) This Division does not apply in relation to—
(a) a child who is alleged to have committed a simple possession offence;
or
(b) a person who is alleged to have committed a simple possession offence
and is charged with a serious drug offence arising out of the same
circumstances.
(2) In this section—
serious drug offence means an offence against Division 2
(other than Subdivision 4), Division 3, Division 4 (other than
sections 33I(2), 33K or 33L) or Division 4A of this
Part.
Schedule 1—Transitional
provision
Nothing in this Act affects the application of Part 5 Division 6
of the
Controlled
Substances Act 1984
to a person referred to an assessment service under that Division before
the commencement of this Act.