Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

DRUGS OF DEPENDENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT 1997 (NO. 75 OF 1997) - SECT 6

6. Section 102 of the Principal Act is amended—

        (a)     by omitting from subsection (1) “, within 24 hours after the drug is supplied” and substituting “or returned to a dispensary, within 24 hours after the drug is supplied or returned”;

        (b)     by adding at the end of paragraph (1) (a) “or returned”;

        (c)     by inserting in paragraph (1) (c) “supply at” after “case of”;

    (d)     by omitting from subsection (2) “administers” and substituting “is to administer”;

    (e)     by omitting from subsection (2) “enter in the relevant ward drugs of dependence register within 24 hours after the drug is administered” and substituting “, when the drug is removed from a drug cabinet or safe for that purpose, enter in the relevant ward drugs of dependence register”;

        (f)     by inserting in paragraph (2) (a) “anticipated” before “date”;

        (g)     by omitting from paragraph (2) (e) “was” and substituting “is to be”;

    (h)     by inserting in subsection (3) “pursuant to subsection (1)” after “register”;

              (i)     by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection:

“(3A) A person who makes an entry in a ward drugs of dependence register pursuant to subsection (2) shall, within 24 hours after the entry was made—

        (a)     if necessary, correct the particulars relating to the date and time of the administration; and

        (b)     sign the entry.”; and

        (j)     by inserting in paragraph (4) (a) “or returns such a drug to a dispensary” after “ward”.