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(1) The Minister must establish an Expert Advisory Committee on Drugs to advise the Minister on drug classification matters.
(2) The functions of the Committee are—
(a) to carry out medical and scientific evaluations of controlled drugs, and any other narcotic or psychotropic substances, preparations, mixtures, or articles; and
(b) to make recommendations to the Minister about—
(i) whether and how controlled drugs or other substances, preparations, mixtures, or articles should be classified; and
(ii) the amount, level, or quantity at and over which any substance, preparation, mixture, or article that is a controlled drug (or is proposed to be classified as a controlled drug), and that is to be specified or described in clause 1 of Schedule 5, is to be presumed to be for supply; and
(iii) the level at and over which controlled drugs to which clause 2 of Schedule 5 applies are presumed to be for supply; and
(c) to increase public awareness of the Committee’s work, by (for instance) the timely release of papers, reports, and recommendations.
(3) The Committee must comprise—
(a) up to 5 people who, between them, have appropriate expertise in—
(i) pharmacology:
(ii) toxicology:
(iii) drug and alcohol treatment:
(iv) psychology:
(v) community medicine; and
(b) up to 3 people employed in the Public Service (as defined in section 27 of the State Sector Act 1988) who between them have appropriate expertise in—
(i) public health:
(ii) the appropriateness and safety of pharmaceuticals and their availability to the public:
(iii) border control; and
(c) 1 Police employee; and
(ca) 1 employee of the Ministry of Justice who has appropriate expertise in matters relating to the justice system; and
(d) 1 person representing the views of consumers of drug treatment services.
(4) The Minister must appoint 1 member as chairperson of the Committee.
(5) Subsections (2) and (3) of section 5 apply to the Expert Advisory Committee on Drugs as if it were a committee established under section 5.
Section 5AA: inserted, on 15 November 2000, by section 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 47).
Section 5AA(2)(b)(ii): substituted, on 22 June 2005, by section 7(1) of the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 81).
Section 5AA(2)(b)(iii): added, on 22 June 2005, by section 7(1) of the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 81).
Section 5AA(3)(c): amended, on 1 October 2008, by section 130(1) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).
Section 5AA(3)(ca): inserted, on 22 June 2005, by section 7(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 81).