Customs Legislation Amendment (Drugs Scheduling) Regulations 2024 (Cth)

Customs Legislation Amendment (Drugs Scheduling) Regulations 2024

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 19 February 2024

SIGNED

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

SIGNED

Clare O’Neil

Minister for Home Affairs

Contents

1Name

This instrument is the Customs Legislation Amendment (Drugs Scheduling) Regulations 2024.

2Commencement

1. (1)

   Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.	21 February 2024

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

1. (2)

   Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3Authority

This instrument is made under the Customs Act 1901.

4Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1AmendmentsPart 1Amendments

Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958

1

Part 1 of Schedule 8 (after table item 43)

Insert:

43A Etazene

2

Part 1 of Schedule 8 (after table item 46)

Insert:

46A Etonitazepyne

3

Part 1 of Schedule 8 (after table item 67)

Insert:

67A 2‑methyl‑AP‑237

4

Part 1 of Schedule 8 (after table item 109)

Insert:

109A Protonitazene

5

Part 2 of Schedule 8 (after table item 1AA)

Insert:

1ABA ADB‑BUTINACA

6

Part 2 of Schedule 8 (after table item 1AC)

Insert:

1ADA Alpha‑PiHP

7

Part 2 of Schedule 8 (after table item 27BA)

Insert:

27BB 3‑methylmethcathinone (otherwise known as 3‑MMC)

Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956

8

Schedule 4 (after table item 4C)

Insert:

4CA ADB‑BUTINACA

9

Schedule 4 (after table item 4E)

Insert:

4EA Alpha‑PiHP

10

Schedule 4 (after table item 80)

Insert:

80AA Etazene

11

Schedule 4 (after table item 88)

Insert:

88A Etonitazepyne

12

Schedule 4 (after table item 142)

Insert:

142AA 2‑methyl‑AP‑237

13

Schedule 4 (after table item 211)

Insert:

211A Protonitazene

Part 2Application and transitional provisions

Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958

14

In the appropriate position in Part 5

Insert:

25Transitional matters—amendments made by the Customs Legislation Amendment (Drugs Scheduling) Regulations 2024

The amendments of these Regulations made by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Customs Legislation Amendment (Drugs Scheduling) Regulations 2024 apply in relation to drugs exported from Australia on or after the commencement of that Part.

Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956

15

In the appropriate position before Schedule 1

Insert:

19Transitional matters—amendments made by the Customs Legislation Amendment (Drugs Scheduling) Regulations 2024

The amendments of these Regulations made by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Customs Legislation Amendment (Drugs Scheduling) Regulations 2024 apply in relation to drugs imported into Australia on or after the commencement of that Part.