❓ Hon. Donna Faragher asks about the Consumer Products Safety Committee's reasons for not using product safety regulations to prohibit cocaine kits and any alternative recommendations. Hon. Kate Doust responds that the committee felt it was outside their charter and suggested legislation similar to the Cannabis Control Act 2003.
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COCAINE KITS - PROHIBITION
I refer to the answer given on Tuesday to question without notice 593. (1) What were the reasons given by the Consumer Products Safety Committee that gave rise to the recommendation that product safety regulations not be used to prohibit or ban the sale of cocaine kits; and does the minister agree with those reasons? (2) Did the committee make any alternative recommendations to restrict the sale of these kits; and, if yes, what were those recommendations? Hon KATE DOUST
I refer to the answer given on Tuesday to question without notice 593. (1) What were the reasons given by the Consumer Products Safety Committee that gave rise to the recommendation that product safety regulations not be used to prohibit or ban the sale of cocaine kits; and does the minister agree with those reasons? (2) Did the committee make any alternative recommendations to restrict the sale of these kits; and, if yes, what were those recommendations? Hon KATE DOUST
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The Consumer Products Safety Committee recommended to the Commissioner for Fair Trading that consumer product safety regulations not be used as the vehicle to prohibit or restrict the sale or supply of cocaine kits. It was the committee’s view that banning or restricting the sale of cocaine kits is outside its legislative charter. A review of interstate and international regulation in comparable jurisdictions indicated that regulation of the sale and supply of cocaine kits is more appropriately addressed through legislation administered by the police or health authorities. (2) Yes. The committee suggested that the most appropriate means of restricting the sale or supply of cocaine kits is by way of legislation similar to the Cannabis Control Act 2003.
(1) What were the reasons given by the Consumer Products Safety Committee that gave rise to the recommendation that product safety regulations not be used to prohibit or ban the sale of cocaine kits; and does the minister agree with those reasons? (2) Did the committee make any alternative recommendations to restrict the sale of these kits; and, if yes, what were those recommendations? Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The Consumer Products Safety Committee recommended to the Commissioner for Fair Trading that consumer product safety regulations not be used as the vehicle to prohibit or restrict the sale or supply of cocaine kits. It was the committee’s view that banning or restricting the sale of cocaine kits is outside its legislative charter. A review of interstate and international regulation in comparable jurisdictions indicated that regulation of the sale and supply of cocaine kits is more appropriately addressed through legislation administered by the police or health authorities. (2) Yes. The committee suggested that the most appropriate means of restricting the sale or supply of cocaine kits is by way of legislation similar to the Cannabis Control Act 2003.
(2) Did the committee make any alternative recommendations to restrict the sale of these kits; and, if yes, what were those recommendations? Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The Consumer Products Safety Committee recommended to the Commissioner for Fair Trading that consumer product safety regulations not be used as the vehicle to prohibit or restrict the sale or supply of cocaine kits. It was the committee’s view that banning or restricting the sale of cocaine kits is outside its legislative charter. A review of interstate and international regulation in comparable jurisdictions indicated that regulation of the sale and supply of cocaine kits is more appropriately addressed through legislation administered by the police or health authorities. (2) Yes. The committee suggested that the most appropriate means of restricting the sale or supply of cocaine kits is by way of legislation similar to the Cannabis Control Act 2003.
Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The Consumer Products Safety Committee recommended to the Commissioner for Fair Trading that consumer product safety regulations not be used as the vehicle to prohibit or restrict the sale or supply of cocaine kits. It was the committee’s view that banning or restricting the sale of cocaine kits is outside its legislative charter. A review of interstate and international regulation in comparable jurisdictions indicated that regulation of the sale and supply of cocaine kits is more appropriately addressed through legislation administered by the police or health authorities. (2) Yes. The committee suggested that the most appropriate means of restricting the sale or supply of cocaine kits is by way of legislation similar to the Cannabis Control Act 2003.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The Consumer Products Safety Committee recommended to the Commissioner for Fair Trading that consumer product safety regulations not be used as the vehicle to prohibit or restrict the sale or supply of cocaine kits. It was the committee’s view that banning or restricting the sale of cocaine kits is outside its legislative charter. A review of interstate and international regulation in comparable jurisdictions indicated that regulation of the sale and supply of cocaine kits is more appropriately addressed through legislation administered by the police or health authorities. (2) Yes. The committee suggested that the most appropriate means of restricting the sale or supply of cocaine kits is by way of legislation similar to the Cannabis Control Act 2003.
(1) The Consumer Products Safety Committee recommended to the Commissioner for Fair Trading that consumer product safety regulations not be used as the vehicle to prohibit or restrict the sale or supply of cocaine kits. It was the committee’s view that banning or restricting the sale of cocaine kits is outside its legislative charter. A review of interstate and international regulation in comparable jurisdictions indicated that regulation of the sale and supply of cocaine kits is more appropriately addressed through legislation administered by the police or health authorities. (2) Yes. The committee suggested that the most appropriate means of restricting the sale or supply of cocaine kits is by way of legislation similar to the Cannabis Control Act 2003.
(2) Yes. The committee suggested that the most appropriate means of restricting the sale or supply of cocaine kits is by way of legislation similar to the Cannabis Control Act 2003.
(1) What were the reasons given by the Consumer Products Safety Committee that gave rise to the recommendation that product safety regulations not be used to prohibit or ban the sale of cocaine kits; and does the minister agree with those reasons? (2) Did the committee make any alternative recommendations to restrict the sale of these kits; and, if yes, what were those recommendations? Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The Consumer Products Safety Committee recommended to the Commissioner for Fair Trading that consumer product safety regulations not be used as the vehicle to prohibit or restrict the sale or supply of cocaine kits. It was the committee’s view that banning or restricting the sale of cocaine kits is outside its legislative charter. A review of interstate and international regulation in comparable jurisdictions indicated that regulation of the sale and supply of cocaine kits is more appropriately addressed through legislation administered by the police or health authorities. (2) Yes. The committee suggested that the most appropriate means of restricting the sale or supply of cocaine kits is by way of legislation similar to the Cannabis Control Act 2003.
(2) Did the committee make any alternative recommendations to restrict the sale of these kits; and, if yes, what were those recommendations? Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The Consumer Products Safety Committee recommended to the Commissioner for Fair Trading that consumer product safety regulations not be used as the vehicle to prohibit or restrict the sale or supply of cocaine kits. It was the committee’s view that banning or restricting the sale of cocaine kits is outside its legislative charter. A review of interstate and international regulation in comparable jurisdictions indicated that regulation of the sale and supply of cocaine kits is more appropriately addressed through legislation administered by the police or health authorities. (2) Yes. The committee suggested that the most appropriate means of restricting the sale or supply of cocaine kits is by way of legislation similar to the Cannabis Control Act 2003.
Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The Consumer Products Safety Committee recommended to the Commissioner for Fair Trading that consumer product safety regulations not be used as the vehicle to prohibit or restrict the sale or supply of cocaine kits. It was the committee’s view that banning or restricting the sale of cocaine kits is outside its legislative charter. A review of interstate and international regulation in comparable jurisdictions indicated that regulation of the sale and supply of cocaine kits is more appropriately addressed through legislation administered by the police or health authorities. (2) Yes. The committee suggested that the most appropriate means of restricting the sale or supply of cocaine kits is by way of legislation similar to the Cannabis Control Act 2003.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The Consumer Products Safety Committee recommended to the Commissioner for Fair Trading that consumer product safety regulations not be used as the vehicle to prohibit or restrict the sale or supply of cocaine kits. It was the committee’s view that banning or restricting the sale of cocaine kits is outside its legislative charter. A review of interstate and international regulation in comparable jurisdictions indicated that regulation of the sale and supply of cocaine kits is more appropriately addressed through legislation administered by the police or health authorities. (2) Yes. The committee suggested that the most appropriate means of restricting the sale or supply of cocaine kits is by way of legislation similar to the Cannabis Control Act 2003.
(1) The Consumer Products Safety Committee recommended to the Commissioner for Fair Trading that consumer product safety regulations not be used as the vehicle to prohibit or restrict the sale or supply of cocaine kits. It was the committee’s view that banning or restricting the sale of cocaine kits is outside its legislative charter. A review of interstate and international regulation in comparable jurisdictions indicated that regulation of the sale and supply of cocaine kits is more appropriately addressed through legislation administered by the police or health authorities. (2) Yes. The committee suggested that the most appropriate means of restricting the sale or supply of cocaine kits is by way of legislation similar to the Cannabis Control Act 2003.
(2) Yes. The committee suggested that the most appropriate means of restricting the sale or supply of cocaine kits is by way of legislation similar to the Cannabis Control Act 2003.
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