Supervised Injecting Centres Get 4-Year Licences and Fines for Breaking Continuity Agreements
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment (Medically Supervised Injecting Centre) Bill 2023
Legislative Assembly
Legislative Council
Assent
Topics
drug treatment drug use information sharing medical licensing privacy professional licensing public health supervised injecting centres
Introduced by: The Hon Jaclyn Symes MLC (ALP); The Hon Gabrielle Williams MP (ALP)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
Licences for medically supervised injecting centres can now last up to 4 years.
The Health Secretary can extend these licences for 4 years multiple times.
Only one licence for a medically supervised injecting centre can be valid at a time.
The Health Secretary can force a licence holder to sign a transition agreement to ensure the centre keeps running if the licence is cancelled and given to someone else.
The Health Secretary can revoke a licence if the holder breaks a transition agreement.
Licence holders cannot give up their licence without the Health Secretary's approval.
Licence holders must pay penalties up to 100 penalty units (2026: $20,910) if they break a transition agreement or end the agreement early.
The Health Minister can collect and use data to complete a review of injecting centre laws.
The Health Minister can access and use data to complete a second review of how the licensed centre is operating.