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(a) Supply a drug to another for financial or material gain; and
(b) The drug is self-administered, by the purchaser or another; and
(c) The self-administration of the drug causes or substantially causes death of that person.
Penalty:
(1) Imprisonment for 20 years
Summary/Indictable/mixed:
Indictable
Jurisdiction:
District or Supreme Court
How committed:
Person A sells ecstasy to Person B at a music festival. Person A is aware that others have been taken to hospital as a result of consuming from this batch. Person B dies as a result of the effect of the drug on their body.
Important note:
It is necessary to prove the accused knew, or should have known, the self-administration exposed the person to a significant risk of death.
The Director of Public Prosecutions must authorise a prosecution under this section.