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MR BARR (Kurrajong—Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Social Inclusion and Equality, Minister for Tertiary Education, Minister for Tourism and Special Events and Minister for Trade, Industry and Investment) (3.58): I move amendment No 12 circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 3922]. The government proposes to omit the bill’s amendment to subsection 618(2) of the Criminal Code. Section 618 of the Criminal Code 2002, which deals with cultivating controlled plants, would remain unchanged.
A person will commit an offence under subsection 618(2) of the Criminal Code 2002 if the person cultivates artificially or otherwise three or more cannabis plants or artificially cultivates one or two cannabis plants. Artificial cultivation is defined in this section to mean hydroponically cultivate or cultivate with the application of an artificial source of light or heat.
Amendment agreed to.
MR RATTENBURY (Kurrajong) (3.59): I will not move amendment No 8 circulated in my name, as my earlier amendment No 3, to which it relates, was not passed.
Schedule 1, part 1.1, amendment 1.2, as amended, agreed to.
Schedule 1, part 1.1, amendment 1.3 agreed to.
Schedule 1, part 1.2, amendment 1.4.
MR BARR (Kurrajong—Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Social Inclusion and Equality, Minister for Tertiary Education, Minister for Tourism and Special Events and Minister for Trade, Industry and Investment) (4.00): I move amendment No 13 circulated in my name [see schedule 1 at page 3922]. This amendment proposes to omit section 9A in the Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2008 and substitute it with a proposed new section 9A. The new section 9A provides at subsection 1 that the defined provisions of the Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2008 listed at subsection 2 do not apply to an adult if the substance is an amount of cannabis that the adult is not prohibited from cultivating or possessing under the Drugs of Dependence Act 1989.
Amendment agreed to.
Schedule 1, part 1.2, amendment 1.4, as amended, agreed to.
Title.
MR BARR (Kurrajong—Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Social Inclusion and Equality, Minister for Tertiary Education, Minister for Tourism and Special Events and Minister for Trade, Industry and Investment) (4.01): As this will be the final opportunity to speak in this debate, I want to put on record my thanks, firstly, to Mr Pettersson for bringing forward this private member’s motion and for undertaking days, weeks and months of detailed consultation with stakeholders and with the
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