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CRIMES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2019 (NO. 23 OF 2019) - SECT 55

Prescribed drug in oral fluid or blood––driver or driver trainer
New section 20 (3A)

insert

    (3A)     A defendant in a prosecution for an offence against this section cannot rely on the Criminal Code

, section 36 (Mistake of fact—strict liability) in relation to having delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in the defendant's oral fluid or blood if the defendant's mistake relates to the effect of consumption of a cannabis food product on the presence of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in the defendant's oral fluid or blood.



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