The Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 proscribes various drugs and poisons. Yes, this is hardly a groundbreaking revelation.But, if you try to find what items are listed in Schedules 1 to 9 of the Act, you'll quickly discover they're repealed. (And have been for a long time.)So, why can't we pop down to …
Day: September 20, 2009
Transitional legislation arrives – Part 2
Dr Manhattan has already posted about the new Criminal Procedure Amendment (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2009 to amend much of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009.(It contains a huge number of amendments. So many, that I'm pretty confident the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 will be the first Act to be reprinted before it commences operation!)As …
Transitional legislation arrives
The Bill to amend legislation before the commencement of the Evidence Act 2008 and Criminal Procedure Act 2009 was before the Parliamentary Assembly last Thursday (thanks for the tip, Jeremy).It's called the Criminal Procedure Amendment (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2009. The Explanatory Memorandum for it can be found here.At 256 pages, the proposed bill …