Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

MISUSE OF DRUGS REGULATIONS 1982 - REG 4A

4A .         Persons authorised to possess prohibited drugs etc.

        (1)         In this regulation —

        departmental officer means a person employed or engaged in the department of the Public Service principally assisting in the administration of the Police Act 1892 .

        (2)         A departmental officer, while performing a function of his or her position on police premises, is a person authorised —

            (a)         for the purposes of sections 5(1), 6(2), 7(2) and 14(3) of the Act to have possession of any of the following —

                  (i)         a pipe or other utensil;

                  (ii)         a prohibited drug;

                  (iii)         a prohibited plant;

                  (iv)         an item that is a category 1 item or a category 2 item;

                  (v)         a substance that contains, or substances that together contain, a quantity of a category 1 or category 2 item that exceeds the quantity prescribed in relation to the item;

                and

            (b)         for the purposes of the Act, to have possession of a dangerous substance.

        [Regulation 4A inserted in Gazette 12 Nov 2010 p. 5660‑1.]