South Australia
Controlled Substances (Simple Possession Offences) Amendment Bill 2015
A Bill For
An Act to amend the Controlled Substances Act 1984.

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
2	Commencement
3	Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Controlled Substances Act 1984
4	Substitution of section 34
34	Application of Division
Schedule 1—Transitional provision

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:
Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
This Act may be cited as the Controlled Substances (Simple Possession Offences) Amendment Act 2015.
2—Commencement
This Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation.
3—Amendment provisions
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Controlled Substances Act 1984
4—Substitution of section 34
Section 34—delete the section and substitute:
34—Application of Division
	(1)	This Division does not apply in relation to—
	(a)	a child who is alleged to have committed a simple possession offence; or
	(b)	a person who is alleged to have committed a simple possession offence and is charged with a serious drug offence arising out of the same circumstances.
	(2)	In this section—
serious drug offence means an offence against Division 2 (other than Subdivision 4), Division 3, Division 4 (other than sections 33I(2), 33K or 33L) or Division 4A of this Part.

Schedule 1—Transitional provision
Nothing in this Act affects the application of Part 5 Division 6 of the Controlled Substances Act 1984 to a person referred to an assessment service under that Division before the commencement of this Act.