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DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 71AB

Trafficking in a drug of dependence to a child

S. 71AB(1) amended by Nos 20/2016 s. 121, 34/2019 s. 23.

    (1)     Subject to subsection (2), a person who, without being authorized by or licensed under this Act or the regulations to do so, trafficks or attempts to traffick in a drug of dependence to a child is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to level 3 imprisonment (20 years maximum).

S. 71AB(2) inserted by No. 2/2016 s. 5(2), amended by Nos 20/2016 s. 121, 34/2019 s. 23.

    (2)     A person who, without being authorised by or licensed under this Act or the regulations to do so, trafficks or attempts to traffick in a drug of dependence to a child at a school or in a public place within 500 metres of a school is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to level 2 imprisonment (25 years maximum).

S. 71AC inserted by No. 61/2001 s. 5, amended by No. 2/2016 s. 6(1)(2) (ILA s. 39B(1)).



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