Bill
Australian Capital Territory Dangerous Drugs Bill 2023
lapsed, as at 2023-10-19.
- Sponsor
- Cash
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2023-09-14
- second reading — 2023-09-14
- second reading — 2023-10-19
- second reading — 2023-10-19
Divisions
- Australian Capital Territory Dangerous Drugs Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea — 2023-10-19, Senate: negative, ayes 27, noes 33
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2023-09-14.
The bill would restore standard drug enforcement and diversion programs in the Australian Capital Territory.
It would cancel the 2022 ACT law that changed how small amounts of drugs are treated, so old offence rules and penalties apply again.
The bill would start the day after it receives Royal Assent and would not affect anything done before that date.
- The bill would stop the Drugs of Dependence (Personal Use) Amendment Act 2022 (ACT) from having any effect.
- It would keep the existing offence provisions from the Drugs of Dependence Act 1989 (ACT), without different treatment for small quantities of drugs.
- The bill would prevent the use of simple drug offence notices for substances listed in tables 6.1 and 6.2 of the Drugs of Dependence Regulation 2009 (ACT).
ACT families, police, pharmacists and the general community are affected.
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