Criminal Code Act 1995
Section 3
CHAPTER 9 - DANGERS TO THE COMMUNITY
Part 9.1 - Serious drug offences
Division 302 - Trafficking controlled drugs
SECTION 302.6
302.6
Purchase of controlled drugs is not an ancillary offence
A person does not commit:
(a)
an offence against this Division because of the operation of section
11.2
or
11.2A
; or
(b)
an offence against section
11.4
or
11.5
that relates to an offence against this Division;
merely because the person purchases, or intends to purchase, a controlled drug from another person.
Note:
A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in this section (see subsection 13.3(3) ).
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