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substantially similar to my own amendment No 11; it just clarifies that the review will be undertaken by an independent reviewer, which was our intention. So we are very happy to support the words that Mr Davis has put forward.
Amendment agreed to.
Proposed new clause 12A agreed to.
Clause 13.
MS STEPHEN-SMITH (Kurrajong—Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Minister for Families and Community Services and Minister for Health) (5.39): I move amendment No 12 circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 3500].
This is a dictionary amendment, but I want to point out, in relation to my earlier comments about small quantity, that this is a change in the structure from the original private member’s bill. It will serve, through the 12 months of transition, to clarify that two-tier structure that we were talking about and ensure that people understand that it is the same kind of structure that already exists for the simple cannabis offence notice for young people, that used to also apply to adults.
Clause 13, as amended, agreed to.
Proposed new part 3.
MS STEPHEN-SMITH (Kurrajong—Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Minister for Families and Community Services and Minister for Health) (5.40): I move amendment No 13 circulated in my name, which inserts a new part 3, incorporating new clauses 14 and 15 [see schedule 1 at page 3500].
I will not speak long to this. Obviously, this is the regulation that sets out the quantities that the ACT government has determined, through considerable examination of the evidence. These are slight changes to the original quantities put forward by Mr Pettersson in a private members bill. We have, through all of these amendments and this structure, moved these into a regulation, which will be disallowable if it is changed in the future. It enables us to respond to the changing patterns of drug use in our community and the evidence that becomes available.
Part of the reason that this particular group of drugs has been selected for this reform is that these are the drugs for which the best evidence exists around the quantities that people hold for personal use, so we were best able to determine the small quantity amounts. These were the drugs, largely, that were subject to the previous work that Mr Rattenbury and Mr Davis have referred to.
Amendment agreed to.
Proposed new part 3 agreed to.
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