Page 1381 - Week 05 - Wednesday, 11 May 1994
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Nobody is debating about the need for harsh legislation under those circumstances. However, when you are talking about somebody who is using steroids because they think it is going to make their body beautiful, the ability to put them into prison for six months is an entirely inappropriate approach. That is an issue I want to take up in further detail when we get to that stage of the Bill. These two amendments to clause 4 simply facilitate a rearrangement of the legislation Mrs Carnell has before us, and I have no objection to that rearrangement.
Amendments agreed to.
MR MOORE (10.46), by leave: I move:
Page 2, line 8, proposed new section 47A, after "possess" insert "more than 5 tablets, or 10 ampoules, or".
Page 2, line 25, proposed new section 47AB, after proposed new section 47A insert the following section:
Offence notices
"47ZB. (1) Where a police officer reasonably believes that a person has committed a prescribed steroids offence, he or she may serve an offence notice on that person.
"(2) Where an offence notice is served on a child and the police officer serving the notice reasonably believes that the child is residing with a person who stands in loco parentis to that child, the police officer shall serve, or cause to be served, a copy of the notice on that person.
"(3) An offence notice shall -
(a) specify the nature of the alleged prescribed steroids offence;
(b) specify the date on which and the time and place at which the prescribed steroids offence is alleged to have been committed;
(c) contain a statement to the effect that, if the alleged offender pays the prescribed penalty for the alleged offence within 60 days after the date of service of the notice, no further action will be taken in respect of that offence;
(d) specify the amount of the prescribed penalty;
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