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Dangerous Drugs

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(c) the care, treatment or rehabilitation of that person by reason of his

use of a dangerous drug;

“drug abuser” means a person who is the subject of any confidential

information;

"employee"-

(a) in relation to the Registry, means any public officer employed in-

(i) the Narcotics Division of the Security Branch of the Govern- ment; or

(ii) the Government Data Processing Agency of the Administrative Services and Information Branch of the Government; and

(b) in relation to a reporting agency, means any person employed in the agency, whether full-time or part-time and whether paid or unpaid,

in-

(i) the care, treatment or rehabilitation of persons who use, or have used, dangerous drugs;

(ii) the preparation, maintenance or analysis of records of con- fidential information,

and also means any person who is being trained by the agency in any such matter;

"Registry" means the Central Registry of Drug Abuse referred to in section

49B;

"reporting agency" means any body or organization specified in the Fourth

Schedule;

"reporting agency director"-

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(a) in relation to the Medical and Health Department of the Government, means the Director of Medical and Health Services and any person to whom he has delegated the supervision of any records of confidential information which are kept by that Department;

(b) in relation to the Social Welfare Department of the Government, means the Director of Social Welfare and any person to whom he has delegated the supervision of any records of confidential information which are kept by that Department; and

(c) in relation to any other reporting agency, means the person who is for the time being in charge of the administration of that agency and any person to whom he has delegated the supervision of any records of confidential information which are kept by that agency.

Central Registry of Drug Abuse

49B. (1) There shall be a Central Registry of Drug Abuse, the purposes of which shall include-

(a) the collection, collating and analysis of confidential information supplied by reporting agencies and of information on drug abuse and its treatment supplied by other sources; and