FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1994
TWO ANTI-DRUG ORDINANCES TO BE AMENDED
TWO ANTI-DRUG ORDINANCES WILL BE AMENDED ΤΟ BE BROUGHT INTO LINE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND TO MEET OPERATIONAL NEEDS.
BILLS TO AMEND THE DANGEROUS DRUGS ORDINANCE AND THE ACETYLATING SUBSTANCES (CONTROL) ORDINANCE ARE PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR ALASDAIR SINCLAIR, EXPLAINED THAT IN ORDER TO BE IN LINE WITH THE 1988 UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES, THE DANGEROUS DRUGS { AMENDMENT) BILL 1994 SOUGHT TO INTRODUCE DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPORTS OF DANGEROUS DRUGS. AND TO PROVIDE FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES.
THE DANGEROUS DRUGS (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1994 WOULD BRING IN NEW PROVISIONS TO SUPPRESS ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFIC BY SEA, HE ADDED.
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THE ACETYLATING SUBSTANCES (CONTROL) { AMENDMENT) BILL 1994 PROPOSES TO EXTEND THE EXISTING SCOPE OF CONTROL OVER CHEMICALS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF DANGEROUS DRUGS то COVER AN ADDITIONAL '21 CHEMICALS SPECIFIED IN THE UN CONVENTION.
"THE CHEMICALS WILL BE ARRANGED INTO THREE GROUPS TO WHICH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CONTROL WILL APPLY.
"TWELVE TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS,
AND THE FOUR INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC COMMITTEES OF THE INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL HAVE BEEN CONSULTED ON THE PROPOSED CONTROL MEASURES, AND SO FAR NO OBJECTION HAS BEEN EXPRESSED, REVEALED MR SINCLAIR.
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THIS AMENDMENT BILL ALSO INTRODUCES A NEW SECTION TO PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION, MANUFACTURE, TRANSPORT, OR DISTRIBUTION OF SPECIFIED CHEMICALS, KNOWING OR HAVING REASONABLE GROUNDS TO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE TO BE USED IN OR FOR THE ILLICIT PRODUCTION OF DANGEROUS DRUGS.
THE BILLS PROVIDE FOR THE REPEAL, IN BOTH ORDINANCES, OF PROVISIONS THAT A PERSON IN POSSESSION OF THE KEYS TO ANY MOTOR VEHICLE CONTAINING A DANGEROUS DRUG IS PRESUMED ΤΟ HAVE HAD POSSESSION OF THE DRUG.
"THIS PRESUMPTION HAS BEEN HELD BY THE HIGH COURT ΤΟ INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE BILL OF RIGHTS, MR SINCLAIR SAID.
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IN ADDITION, THE DANGEROUS DRUGS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1994 MAKES NUMBER OF TECHNICAL CHANGES TO ASSIST THE GOVERNMENT CHEMIST TO CARRY OUT HIS DUTIES.
"THESE INCLUDE EMPOWERING HIM TO CULTIVATE CANNABIS SYNTHESISE DANGEROUS DRUGS AND LISTING CANNABIS RESIN SEPARATELY CANNABIS THE COMMISSIONER SAID.
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