Clause 8
Amendment of section 26
of Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill
BillNot in forceProvision 8 of 29
Clause 8
Section 26 of the principal Act is amended —
(a)
by inserting, immediately after the words “controlled substance” in subsections (1)(a) and (2)(a), the words “, drug specified in the Fifth Schedule, substance containing any drug specified in the Fifth Schedule”; and
(b)
by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), if the use of any drug specified in the Fifth Schedule or any substance containing such drug onboard any ship, hovercraft, aircraft, vehicle or train or by any person searched under that subsection is authorised by the Director, that drug or substance shall not be liable to seizure under that subsection.”.