PARLIAMENT PASSES DRUGS & DRUG TRAFFICKING AMENDMENT BILL

PARLIAMENT PASSES DRUGS & DRUG TRAFFICKING AMENDMENT BILL

• 24 November 2022
• Health & Safety
• SA Legal Academy

The Drugs & Drug Trafficking Amendment Bill has been passed by the NCOP and sent to the President for signature. According to a parliamentary media statement confirming this, once in force the Bill will repeal the Minister’s delegated plenary legislative powers to amend Schedules 1 and 2 of the Act, for which provision is made in section 63.

This is in keeping with a 2020 Constitutional Court judgment declaring section 63 of the Act invalid. Once in effect, the Bill will also update Schedules 1 and 2 to reflect amendments already made by the Minister in terms of section 63. Schedule 1 lists substances used in manufacturing drugs, while Schedule 2 lists dependence-producing substances.

• Drugs & Drug Trafficking Amendment Bill
• parliamentary media statement (final paragraph)
• Constitutional Court judgment

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