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Section 85—
Renumber the second sub-section (2) as sub-section (3).

Sub-section 85 (3)—
Omit "sub-section (1)", substitute "sub-section (2)".

SCHEDULE 1—continued
Narcotic Drugs Act 1967

Sub-section 4 (1) (definition of "Director-General")—
Omit the definition.

After the definition of "permit" in sub-section 4 (1)—
Insert the following definition:
     "'Secretary' means the Secretary to the Department of Health;".

Sections 6 and 11, sub-section 13 (1), paragraph 14a (1) (e), section 19, sub-section 23 (1) and section 25—
Omit "Director-General" (wherever occurring), substitute "Secretary".

National Crime Authority Act 1984

Before paragraph 9 (1) (a)—
Insert the following paragraph:
     "(aa) where the Commonwealth Minister proposes to refer under section 13 a matter relating to a relevant criminal activity to the Authority for investigation—to consult with the Commonwealth Minister in relation to the proposed reference;".

Paragraph 9 (1) (a)—
Omit "by a Minister or Ministers", substitute "in accordance with section 14 by a Minister of the Crown of a State, or by Ministers of the Crown of 2 or more States,".

Sub-sections 9 (3), (4) and (5)—
Omit the sub-sections, substitute the following sub-sections:
"(3) A resolution of the Committee purporting to give approval for a matter to be referred by a Minister of the Crown of a State, or by Ministers of the Crown of 2 or more States, to the Authority for investigation does not have any effect for the purposes of this Act unless the member of the Committee representing that State, or the members of the Committee representing those States, as the case may be, voted in favour of the resolution.
"(4) Where by virtue of sub-section (3) a resolution of the Committee purporting to approve a reference or references to the Authority of a matter for investigation does not have any effect for the purposes of this Act, nothing in that sub-section prevents the Committee from passing a further resolution approving a reference or references to the Authority of the matter for investigation, but that sub-section applies in relation to such a further resolution.".

After sub-section 10 (4)—
Insert the following sub-sections:
"(4a) The Authority, if it considers it appropriate to do so, may request the Commonwealth Minister to refer under section 13 a matter relating to a relevant criminal activity to the Authority for investigation.
"(4b) Where—
     (a) the Authority has made a request under sub-section (1) in relation to a matter relating to a relevant criminal activity and the Committee has not yet considered the request; and
     (b) the Authority has made a request under sub-section (4a) in relation to the matter,

SCHEDULE 1—continued
the Commonwealth Minister may request the Committee—
     (c) to consider the request referred to in paragraph (b) when it considers the request referred