CRIM2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Criminal Appeal Reports, Child Custody, Drug Paraphernalia
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Both the states and the commonwealth have legislated in the field of drugs regulation. The commonwealth has enacted drugs offences in the commonwealth criminal code pursuant to the external affairs" power to give effect to its international obligations under the united nations convention against illicit traffic in narcotic and psychotropic. The commonwealth has expressly preserved the operation of state drugs legislation and offences: s. 300. 4 criminal code (cth). In western australia our drugs offences are contained in the misuse of drugs act 1981 (wa), which provides for a number of offences in respect of prohibited drugs" and. Prohibited plants": ss. 1, 4 mda; sch i and ii mda; s. 5 poisons act 1964 (wa). The offences relating to prohibited drugs are contained in part 2 mda. Prohibited drug / plant: section 1 misuse of drugs act 1981 (wa) ( mda") defines the terms.
