Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Amendment Regulations 2005

Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Amendment Regulations 2005

I, the Administrator in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Act 1970 .

22 June 2005

E. C. CRAWFORD

Administrator

By His Excellency's Command,

D. E. LLEWELLYN

Minister for Police and Public Safety

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Amendment Regulations 2005 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the day on which the Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Amendment Act 2005 commences.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Regulations 1999 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Regulation 15A inserted

After regulation 15 of the Principal Regulations , the following regulation is inserted in Part 4:

15A.   Prescribed illicit drugs

For the purposes of the Act, the following drugs are prescribed as illicit drugs:

(a) cocaine;

(b) delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC);

(c) diacetylmorphine (heroin);

(d) gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB);

(e) ketamine;

(f) lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD);

(g) methaqualone (Quaalude);

(h) methylamphetamine (speed);

(i) methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA, ecstasy);

(j) morphine;

(k) N,N-diethyltryptamines (DET);

(l) N,N-dimethyltryptamines (DMT);

(m) phencyclidine (PCP);

(n) psilocybin (magic mushrooms).

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 29 June 2005

These regulations are administered in the Department of Police and Public Safety.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Regulations 1999 by prescribing certain drugs as illicit drugs.