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An Bille um Chomhéigean a Dhéanamh ar Mhionaoiseach (Leasú a bhaineann le Mí-Úsáid Drugaí), 2022 Coercion of a Minor (Misuse of Drugs Amendment) Bill 2022 Mar a tionscnaíodh As initiated [No.

9 of 2022] AN BILLE UM CHOMHÉIGEAN A DHÉANAMH AR MHIONAOISEACH (LEASÚ A BHAINEANN LE MÍ-ÚSÁID DRUGAÍ), 2022 COERCION OF A MINOR (MISUSE OF DRUGS AMENDMENT) BILL 2022 Mar a tionscnaíodh As initiated CONTENTS Section 1.

Definitions 2.

Amendment of section 15 of Principal Act 3.


Short title, collective citation, construction and commencement [No.

9 of 2022] ACTS REFERRED TO Child Care Act 1991 (No.

17) Children Act 2001 (No.

24) Domestic Violence Act 2018 (No.

6) Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 (No.

12) Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977 to 2016 Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 (No.
26) 2 AN BILLE UM CHOMHÉIGEAN A DHÉANAMH AR MHIONAOISEACH (LEASÚ A BHAINEANN LE MÍ-ÚSÁID DRUGAÍ), 2022 COERCION OF A MINOR (MISUSE OF DRUGS AMENDMENT) BILL 2022 Bill entitled An Act to amend the law relating to the misuse of a controlled substance and for those purposes to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 to criminalise the act of causing or coercing a minor to be in possession of a controlled substance, and to provide for related matters.

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: Definitions 1.
In this Act— “Act of 1991” means the Child Care Act 1991; “Act of 1997” means the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997; “Act of 2001” means the Children Act 2001; “Act of 2018” means the Domestic Violence Act 2018; 5 10 15 “causes or coerces” means the use of coercion as defined under section 9 of the Non- Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997, and the use of coercive control as defined under section 39 of the Domestic Violence Act 2018; “controlled substances” has the same meaning as it has in section 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 (as amended); 20 “minor” means a child, adolescent or young person as defined under section 2(1) of the Child Care Act 1991, and section 3(1) of the Children Act 2001; “Principal Act” means the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 (as amended).
Amendment of section 15 of Principal Act 2.

The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 15C: “Purchase of controlled substances from minors etc.

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(1) A person shall be guilty of an offence where the person causes or coerces, as set out by the Act of 1997 or the Act of 2018, a minor to be in possession of a controlled substance for sale or supply as defined under this Act.
25 30 3 (2) A person may be guilty of an offence under subsection (1) irrespective of the quantity of the controlled substance concerned.
(3) Regarding proceedings for an offence under this section, it shall not be necessary for the prosecution to prove that— (a) at any time, the person who caused the minor to be in possession of the controlled substance was aware that the substance in question was a controlled substance as defined by this Act, or 5 (b) at any time, the person was aware that the minor was a minor as defined by the Act of 1991 and the Act of 2001.
(4) A person found guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years.

10 Short title, collective citation, construction and commencement 3.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Coercion of a Minor (Misuse of Drugs Amendment) Act 2022.

(2) The Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977 to 2016 and this Act may be cited together as the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 to 2022 and shall be construed together as one Act.
(3) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Health may by order or orders appoint either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or provisions.
15 20 4 5 An Bille um Chomhéigean a Dhéanamh ar Mhionaoiseach (Leasú a bhaineann le Mí- Úsáid Drugaí), 2022 Coercion of a Minor (Misuse of Drugs Amendment) Bill 2022 BILLE (mar a tionscnaíodh) dá ngairtear BILL (as initiated) entitled Acht do leasú an dlí a bhaineann le mí-úsáid substainte rialaithe agus chun na gcríoch sin do leasú an Achta um Mí-Úsáid Drugaí, 1977 chun coir a dhéanamh den ghníomh arb éard é a chur faoi deara do mhionaoiseach, nó comhéigean a dhéanamh ar mhionaoiseach, substaint rialaithe a bheith ina sheilbh nó ina seilbh agus do dhéanamh socrú i dtaobh nithe gaolmhara.
An Act to amend the law relating to the misuse of a controlled substance and for those purposes to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 to criminalise the act of causing or coercing a minor to be in possession of a controlled substance, and to provide for related matters.
Na Teachtaí Marcas Mac an Bhaird, Denise Uí Mhístéil agus Máírtín Ó Cionnaith a thug isteach, Introduced by Deputies Mark Ward, Denise Mitchell and Martin Kenny, 26 Eanáir, 2022 26th January, 2022 BAILE ÁTHA CLIATHARNA FHOILSIÚ AG OIFIG AN tSOLÁTHAIRLe ceannach díreach óFOILSEACHÁIN RIALTAIS,BÓTHAR BHAILE UÍ BHEOLÁIN, CILL MHAIGHNEANN,BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH 8, D08 XAO6.Teil: 046 942 3100r-phost: publications@opw.ienó trí aon díoltóir leabhar.——————DUBLINPUBLISHED BY THE STATIONERY OFFICE To be purchased fromGOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS,MOUNTSHANNON ROAD, KILMAINHAM,DUBLIN, D08 XAO6.Tel: 046 942 3100 Email: publications@opw.ieor through any bookseller.€1.27Wt.
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