List of recommendations

Recommendation 1

2.42    The committee recommends that the bill be amended to exempt plants and their extracts from the application of Schedule 1.

Recommendation 2

2.45    The committee recommends that the Government amend the Explanatory Memorandum to make clear that it is intended that: sentencing discretion should be left unaffected in respect of the non-parole period; in appropriate cases there may be significant differences between the non-parole period and the head sentence; and that the mandatory minimum is not intended to be used as a sentencing guidepost (where the minimum penalty is appropriate for 'the least serious category of offending').

Recommendation 3

2.46    Subject to the preceding recommendations, the committee recommends that the bill be passed.

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