Drugs Flashcards
Drug Dealing (import/export)
(Act & Section)
Section 6(1)(a), Misuse of Drugs Act 1975
Drug Dealing (import/export)
(elements)
- import into or export from New Zealand
- any controlled drug
Drug Dealing (produce/manufacture)
(Act & Section)
Section 6(1)(b), Misuse of Drugs Act 1975
Drug Dealing (produce/manufacture)
(elements)
- produce or manufacture
- any controlled drug
Drug Dealing (Supply Class A or B)
(Act & Section)
Section 6(1)(c), Misuse of Drugs Act 1975
Drug Dealing (Supply Class A or B)
(elements)
- supply or administer or offer to supply or administer or otherwise deal in
- any Class A controlled drug or
Class B controlled drug - to any other person
Drug Dealing (supplying class C to under 18)
(Act & Section)
Section 6(1)(d), Misuse of Drugs Act 1975
Drug Dealing (supplying class C to under 18)
(elements)
- supply or administer or offer to supply or administer
- any Class C controlled drug
- to a person under 18 years of age
Drug Dealing (supplying class C to person over 18)
(Act & Section)
Section 6(1)(e), Misuse of Drugs Act 1975
Drug Dealing (supplying class C to person over 18)
(elements)
- sell or offer to sell
- any Class C controlled drug
- to a person of or over the age of 18
Drug Dealing (possession for supply)
(Act & Section)
Section 6(1)(f), Misuse of Drugs Act 1975
Drug Dealing (possession for supply)
(elements)
- have in his or her possession
- any controlled drug
- for any or the purposes set out in paragraphs (c), (d), or (e) of Section 6(1) MODA.
Importation
(define)
importation -
(a) in relation to any goods, means the arrival of the goods in New Zealand in any manner, whether lawfully or unlawfully, from a point outside New Zealand…
Imports
(case law)
Saxton v Police
Saxton v Police held
To import includes “to introduce from abroad or to cause to be be brought in from a foreign country”
Importation ends
(case law)
R v Hancox
R v Hancox held
…the bringing of goods into the country or causing them to be brought into the country does not cease as the aircraft or vessel enters New Zealand’s territorial limits. Importing into New Zealand for the purposes of 6(1)(a) is a process. The element of importing exists from the time the goods enter New Zealand until they reach their immediate destination… when they have ceased to be under the control of the appropriate authorities and have become available to the consignee or addressee.
Mens rea of importing
(3 must proves)
- knew about the importation
- knew the imported substance was a controlled drug
- intended to cause the importation
Wilful blindness for importation
In terms of providing guilty knowledge, proof that the defendant deliberately turned a blind eye to the facts will suffice
R v Martin - had a suitcase from Nigerians, didn’t know the contents.
New Zealand
(define)
New Zealand -
(a) means the land and the waters enclosed by the outer limits of the territorial seas of New Zealand.
The outer limit of the territorial seas is 12 nautical miles from the land mass of New Zealand.
Controlled drug
(define)
controlled drug means any substance, preparation, mixture, or article specified or described in Schedule 1, Schedule 2, or Schedule 3 of the Act; and includes any controlled drug analogue.
Controlled Drug Analogue
(define)
Controlled drug analogue means any substance, that has a structure substantially similar to that of any contolled drug.
such as the substances specified or described in Part 7 of Schedule 3 to this Act,
Contolled Drug Analogue exceptions
(a) Any substance specified in Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 or Parts 1-6 of Schedule 3 of this Act.
(b) Any pharmacy only medicine or prescription medicine or restricted medicine within the meaning of the Medicines Act 1981
(c) an approved product within the meaning of the Psychoactive Substances Act 2013
Class A controlled drugs
(define)
Class A controlled drug means the controlled drugs specified or described in Schedule 1 to this Act