Criminal Code Act 1995

Schedule - The Criminal Code  

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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