Bill
Narcotic Drugs Legislation Amendment Bill 2016
passed, as at 2016-11-23. Health portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Health
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2016-09-14
- second reading — 2016-09-14
- second reading — 2016-11-07
- second reading — 2016-11-07
- third reading — 2016-11-07
- introduced — 2016-11-08
- second reading — 2016-11-08
- second reading — 2016-11-10
- second reading — 2016-11-10
- third reading — 2016-11-10
- passed — 2016-11-10
- royal assent — 2016-11-23
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2016-09-14.
The bill would protect secret law enforcement material used to decide who gets a cannabis licence.
It would stop the Secretary of the Department of Health from giving reasons that reveal that material when refusing or revoking a licence.
The bill would also create a criminal offence for anyone who shares that information without authorisation.
- Define sensitive law enforcement information and keep it out of reasons for licensing decisions.
- Allow the Secretary to ask the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to hold hearings in private and limit publication of that information.
- Make it an offence to disclose the information without permission.
Applicants for and holders of cannabis licences, the Secretary of the Department of Health, law enforcement agencies, and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
Sources
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