Schedule 2 Amendment of other Acts

(Section 4)

2.1 Electricity Supply Act 1995 No 94

Sections 64–70

Omit the maximum penalty wherever occurring.

Insert instead:

  

Maximum penalty:

(a)  in the case of a corporation—2,000 penalty units, or

(b)  in any other case—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years (or both).

2.2 Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 No 103

[1]   Section 139 Definitions

Insert in alphabetical order in section 139 (1):

  

cultivation by enhanced indoor means, in relation to a prohibited plant, has the same meaning as in the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985.

[2]   Section 139 (1)

Omit the definition of drug premises. Insert instead:

  

drug premises means any premises that are used for either or both of the following:

(a)  the unlawful supply or manufacture of prohibited drugs,

(b)  the unlawful cultivation of prohibited plants by enhanced indoor means.

[3]   Section 140 Issue of search warrant—suspected drug premises

Insert “, or the unlawful cultivation of prohibited plants by enhanced indoor means,” after “prohibited drug” in section 140 (1).

[4]   Section 142 Search and arrest of persons pursuant to search warrant

Insert “, prohibited plant” after “prohibited drug” in section 142 (1) (d).