Appointment Powers for Analysts Providing Evidence on Plant and Substance Analysis

Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment (Appointed Persons) Bill 2023

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Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

The Executive Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust can appoint qualified people to provide certificates for plant or substance analysis.
The law validates appointments made before this Act started; they are treated as if they were always valid.
Certificates given by those previously appointed are now treated as valid evidence.
The Executive Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust can appoint qualified people to provide certificates for plant and substance analysis.
These certificates act as evidence in court.
The bill validates past appointments of analysts made before the Act started.
It also validates any evidence certificates issued by those analysts.

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