Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations

CRIMINAL CODE REGULATION 2005 - NOTES

Dictionary

(see s 3)

Note 1     The Legislation Act

contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this regulation.

Note 2     For example, the Legislation Act

, dict, pt 1, defines the following term:

              •     for.

Note 3     Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning that they have in the Criminal Code

(see Legislation Act

, s 148). For example, the following term is defined in the Criminal Code

, dict:

              •     cannabis (see s 600).

"cannabis food product"—see the Drugs of Dependence Act 1989

, section 6.

"Code" means the Criminal Code

.

"derivative" means a substance or compound made from another substance or compound.

Endnotes

1     About the endnotes

Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.

Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001

, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel's Office.

Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.

If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.

The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.

2     Abbreviation key

A = Act	NI = Notifiable instrument
AF = Approved form	o = order
am = amended	om = omitted/repealed
amdt = amendment	ord = ordinance
AR = Assembly resolution	orig = original
ch = chapter	par = paragraph/subparagraph
CN = Commencement notice	pres = present
def = definition	prev = previous
DI = Disallowable instrument	(prev...) = previously
dict = dictionary	pt = part
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative	r = rule/subrule
Assembly	reloc = relocated
div = division	renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired	R[X] = Republication No
Gaz = gazette	RI = reissue
hdg = heading	s = section/subsection
IA = Interpretation Act 1967	sch = schedule
ins = inserted/added	sdiv = subdivision
LA = Legislation Act 2001	SL = Subordinate law
LR = legislation register	sub = substituted
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	underlining = whole or part not commenced
mod = modified/modification	or to be expired

3     Legislation history

Criminal Code Regulation 2005 SL2005-2

notified LR 4 March 2005
s 1, s 2 commenced 4 March 2005 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 1 pt 1.1 item 39 commenced 1 May 2005 (s 2 (2))
remainder commenced 6 March 2005 (s 2 (1) and see Criminal Code (Serious Drug Offences) Amendment Act 2004

A2004-56 s 2 and LA s 79)

as amended by

Criminal Code Amendment Regulation 2007 (No 1)

SL2007-7

notified LR 3 May 2007

s 1, s 2 commenced 3 May 2007 (LA s 75 (1))

remainder commenced 4 May 2007 (s 2)

Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2007

A2007-22 sch 1 pt 1.7

notified LR 5 September 2007

s 1, s 2 commenced 5 September 2007 (LA s 75 (1))

sch 1 pt 1.7 commenced 6 September 2007 (s 2)

Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2008

A2008-26 sch 2 pt 2.7

notified LR 14 August 2008

s 1, s 2 commenced 14 August 2008 (LA s 75 (1))

sch 2 pt 2.7 commenced 14 February 2009 (s 2 and LA s 79)

Criminal Code Amendment Regulation 2008 (No 1)

SL2008-56

notified LR 22 December 2008

s 1, s 2 commenced 22 December 2008 (LA s 75 (1))

remainder commenced 23 December 2008 (s 2)

Criminal Code Amendment Regulation 2009 (No 1)

SL2009-25

notified LR 1 June 2009

s 1, s 2 commenced 1 June 2009 (LA s 75 (1))

remainder commenced 2 June 2009 (s 2)

Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2009

A2009-24 sch 1 pt 1.7

notified LR 3 September 2009

s 1, s 2 commenced 3 September 2009 (LA s 75 (1))

sch 1 pt 1.7 commenced 4 September 2009 (s 2)

Criminal Code Amendment Regulation 2010 (No 1)

SL2010-41

notified LR 25 October 2010

s 1, s 2 commenced 25 October 2010 (LA s 75 (1))

remainder commenced 26 October 2010 (s 2)

Criminal Code Amendment Regulation 2013 (No 1)

SL2013-10

notified LR 9 May 2013

s 1, s 2 commenced 9 May 2013 (LA s 75 (1))

remainder commenced 10 May 2013 (s 2)

Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2013 (No 2)

A2013-50 pt 8

notified LR 9 December 2013

s 1, s 2 commenced 9 December 2013 (LA s 75)

pt 8 commenced 10 December 2013 (s 2 (2))

Criminal Code (Controlled Drugs) Legislation Amendment Regulation 2014 (No 1)

SL2014-6 pt 2

notified LR 10 April 2014

s 1, s 2 commenced 10 April 2014 (LA s 75 (1))

pt 2 commenced 17 April 2014 (s 2)

Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2019

A2019-23 pt 7

notified LR 8 August 2019

s 1, s 2 commenced 8 August 2019 (LA s 75 (1))

pt 7 commenced 15 August 2019 (s 2 (1))

4     Amendment history

Commencement
s 2     om LA s 89 (4)

Dictionary
s 3     am SL2014-6

s 4

Definitions—Code, s 10 (1), def default application date
s 4A     ins SL2007-7

s 4
    om A2007-22

amdt 1.25
    ins SL2009-25

s 4
    om A2009-24

amdt 1.19
    ins SL2013-10

s 4
    om A2013-50

s 21

Controlled drugs—Code, s 600, def controlled drug
s 5     am A2008-26

amdt 2.16
    sub SL2010-41

s 4

Controlled plants—Code, s 600, def controlled plant
s 6     am A2008-26

amdt 2.16

Controlled precursors—Code, s 600, def controlled precursor
s 7     am A2008-26

amdt 2.16
    sub SL2010-41

s 5

Quantities of controlled drugs, plants and precursors—Code, s 601 (1)
s 8     am A2008-26

amdt 2.16; SL2010-41

s 6, s 7

Quantities of controlled drugs in mixtures—Code, s 601 (2)
s 9     am A2008-26

amdt 2.16
    sub SL2014-6

s 5

Transitional—Criminal Code (Controlled Drugs) Legislation Amendment Regulation 2014 (No 1)
pt 10 hdg     ins SL2014-6

s 6
    exp 17 April 2016 (s 102)

Meaning of commencement day—pt 10
s 100     ins SL2014-6

s 6
    exp 17 April 2016 (s 102)

Application of amendments
s 101     ins SL2014-6

s 6
    exp 17 April 2016 (s 102)

Expiry—pt 10
s 102     ins SL2014-6

s 6
    exp 17 April 2016 (s 102)

Controlled drugs
sch 1     am A2008-26

amdt 2.17
    sub SL2014-6

s 7

Controlled medicines
sch 1 pt 1.1 hdg     sub A2008-26

amdt 2.18
sch 1 pt 1.1     sub SL2014-6

s 7

Prohibited substances
sch 1 pt 1.2     am SL2010-41

ss 8-10; items renum R9 LA
    sub SL2014-6

s 7
    am A2019-23

s 28

Controlled plants
sch 2     sub SL2014-6

s 7

Controlled precursors
sch 3     am SL2008-56

s 4
    sub SL2010-41

s 11; SL2014-6

s 7

Dictionary
dict     def associated drug om SL2010-41

s 12
    def cannabis food product ins A2019-23

s 29
    def derivative ins SL2010-41

s 13
    def related drug om SL2010-41

s 14

5     Earlier republications

Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order.

Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical.

Republication No and date	Effective	Last amendment made by	Republication for
R1 6 Mar 2005	6 Mar 2005– 30 Apr 2005	not amended	new regulation
R2 1 May 2005	1 May 2005– 3 May 2007	not amended	commenced provision
R3 4 May 2007	4 May 2007– 5 Sept 2007	SL2007-7

amendments by SL2007-7

R4
6 Sept 2007

6 Sept 2007–
22 Dec 2008

A2007-22

amendments by A2007-22

R5
23 Dec 2008

23 Dec 2008–
13 Feb 2009

SL2008-56

amendments by SL2008-56

R6
14 Feb 2009

14 Feb 2009–
1 June 2009

SL2008-56

amendments by A2008-26

R7
2 June 2009

2 June 2009–
3 Sept 2009

SL2009-25

amendments by SL2009-25

R8
4 Sept 2009

4 Sept 2009–
25 Oct 2010

A2009-24

amendments by A2009-24

R9*
26 Oct 2010

26 Oct 2010–
9 May 2013

SL2010-41

amendments by SL2010-41

R10
10 May 2013

10 May 2013–
9 Dec 2013

SL2013-10

amendments by SL2013-10

R11
10 Dec 2013

10 Dec 2013–
16 Apr 2014

A2013-50

amendments by A2013-50

R12
17 Apr 2014

17 Apr 2014–
17 Apr 2016

SL2014-6

amendments by SL2014-6

R13
18 Apr 2016

18 Apr 2016–
14 Aug 2019

SL2014-6

expiry of transitional provisions (pt 10)

6     Expired transitional or validating provisions

This Act may be affected by transitional or validating provisions that have expired. The expiry does not affect any continuing operation of the provisions (see Legislation Act 2001

, s 88 (1)).

Expired provisions are removed from the republished law when the expiry takes effect and are listed in the amendment history using the abbreviation ‘exp' followed by the date of the expiry.

To find the expired provisions see the version of this Act before the expiry took effect. The ACT legislation register has point-in-time versions of this Act.

© Australian Capital Territory 2019

Australian Capital Territory

SL2005-2

Republication No 14

Effective: 15 August 2019

Republication date: 15 August 2019

Last amendment made by A2019-23

This is a republication of the Criminal Code Regulation 2005

, made under the Criminal Code 2002

(including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001

, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 15 August 2019

. It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 15 August 2019

The Parliamentary Counsel's Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au

              • authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001

applies

              • unauthorised republications.

The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.

Editorial changes

The Legislation title="A2001-14">Legislation Act 2001

, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see “b title="A2001-14">Legislation Act 2001

, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.

This republication includes amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).

Uncommenced provisions and amendments

If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law are accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au

If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001

, section 95.

Penalties

At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an individual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001

, s 133).

Australian Capital Territory

Criminal Code Regulation 2005

Part 1.1Controlled medicines9

Part 1.2Prohibited substances15

Endnotes34