Declaration of facility
5 Declaration of facility
The Minister may, in writing, declare a place to be the facility for this Act.
The Minister may declare a place to be the facility only if—
the Minister is satisfied the place is a hygienic environment suitable for use—
to give drug-dependent people access to clean equipment to allow such a person to administer a substance to himself or herself at the place; and
to provide for the safe disposal of the equipment; and
a law enforcement protocol has been approved under section 7 and published as required by section 8; and
an internal management protocol has been approved under section 9; and
approved criteria for the scientific trial have been presented to the Legislative Assembly as required by section 10; and
the place to be declared as the facility is one that has been recommended by the advisory committee.
A declaration is a notifiable instrument.
Note A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act 2001.
The Minister must give additional public notice of a declaration under subsection (3).
Note Public notice means notice on an ACT government website or in a daily newspaper circulating in the ACT (see Legislation Act, dict, pt 1). The requirement in s (4) is in addition to the requirement for notification on the legislation register as a notifiable instrument.
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