Section 14: Syringe and needle exchange
consolidated text (as at 2008, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
14. Syringe and needle exchange
(1) Subject to this section, an institution or non-governmental organisation
may supply syringes and needles to any person dependent on a dangerous
drug.
(2) No institution or non-governmental organisation shall supply a new
syringe or a new needle to any person unless the institution or nongovernmental organisation has been prescribed under subsection (3).
(3) The Permanent Secretary may, after consultation with the Medical
Council and Dental Council, and subject to the approval of the Commissioner
of Police, prescribe medical institutions or non-governmental organisations
for the purposes of subsection (1).
(4) Where an institution or non-governmental organisation is satisfied
that a person is dependent on a dangerous drug and requires the supply of
new syringes or needles as part of a therapy, it may, with the consent of
that person, register him according to the procedures established by it.
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