Page 3919 - Week 11 - Wednesday, 25 September 2019

Schedules of amendments

Amendments moved by the Chief Minister

Clause 4

Proposed section 4, note 1, dot point

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• s 162 (Cultivation of 1 or 2 cannabis plants)

Clause 4

Proposed section 4, note 1, new dot points

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• s 171AAA (Cultivation of more than 4 cannabis plants at premises)

• s 171AAB (Cannabis plant cultivation—other offences)

• s 171AAC (Storage of cannabis)

Clause 5

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5 Cultivation of 1 or 2 cannabis plants

New section 162 (1A)

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(1A) This section does not apply if the person—

(a) is 18 years old or older; and

(b) cultivates the plants in the ACT.

Note The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (1A) (see Criminal Code, s 58).

Clause 6

Proposed new section 171AA

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omit proposed new section 171AA, substitute

171AA Possessing cannabis

(1) A person commits an offence if the person possesses—

(a) 50g or less of dried cannabis; or

(b) 150g or less of cannabis that has been harvested and—

(i) is not dried cannabis; or

(ii) is a mixture of dried cannabis and cannabis that is not dried cannabis.