Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

DRUGS OF DEPENDENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT 1997 (NO. 75 OF 1997) - SECT 10

10. Section 120 of the Principal Act is amended—

        (a)     by inserting in paragraph (4) (b) “or a pharmacist for the time being authorised, in writing or orally in the presence of a witness, by the Chief Pharmacist” after “institution”; and

        (b)     by inserting after subsection (5) the following subsection:

“(5A) Notwithstanding subsection (4), the residue left after a drug of dependence has been administered may be disposed of by a person referred to in subparagraph (4) (a) (i) or (ii) in the presence of another such person.”.