Abbreviations

AFP	Australian Federal Police
the AFP Act	Australian Federal Police Act 1979
ANCD	Australian National Council on Drugs
the Bill	Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Serious Drug Offences and Other Measures) Bill 2005
the Criminal Code	Criminal Code Act 1995
Customs	Australian Customs Service
the Customs Act	Customs Act 1901
the Department	Attorney-General's Department
DPP	Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
EM	Explanatory Memorandum
FFDLR	Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform
HREOC	Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
ICCPR	International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
the Law Council	Law Council of Australia
MCCOC	Model Criminal Code Officers Committee of the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General
MCCOC report	Model Criminal Code Officers Committee of the Standing Committee of Attorneys General, Model Criminal Code Chapter 6 Serious Drug Offences Report, October 1998
MDA	Misuse of Drugs Act 1981 (WA)
MOU	memorandum of understanding
the Optional Protocol	Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict
WA Police	Western Australia Police