Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

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Rules1991No. 288 1

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Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 2

(Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Customs Act 1901.

 Dated 10 September 1991.

  BILL HAYDEN

 Governor-General

 By His Excellency’s Command,

D. BEDDALL

Minister of State for Small Business and Customs

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1.   Amendment

1.1   The Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

2.   Regulation 2 (Interpretation)

2.1   Subregulation 2 (1) (definition of “licensed exporter”):

Omit “of these Regulations”.

2.2   Subregulation 2 (1):

Insert the following definition:

‘the Act’ means the Customs Act 1901.”.

3.   Regulation 2a (Exemption of goods specified in Schedule 3)

3.1   Subregulation 2a (2):

Omit “the Customs Act 1901”, substitute “the Act”.

4.   Regulation 5 (Exportation of goods specified in Schedule 3)

4.1   Subregulation 5 (1):

Omit “the Third Schedule”, substitute “Schedule 3”.

5.   Regulation 8 (Exportation of goods specified in Schedule 6)

5.1   Omit the regulation, substitute:

Exportation of goods specified in Schedule 6

“8.

(1)  In this regulation, ‘authorised person’ means a person authorised in writing by the Secretary of the Department of Health, Housing and Community Services for the purposes of this regulation.

 “(2) The exportation from Australia of goods specified in Schedule 6 is prohibited unless:

  • (a)

    permission to export the goods has been granted under this regulation and is in force; and

  • (b)

    the permission is produced to the Collector.

“(3)

The Secretary of the Department of Health, Housing and Community Services, or an authorised person, may, on application, grant permission for the exportation of goods specified in Schedule 6.

“(4)

An application:

(a)

must be in writing; and

  • (b)

    must be lodged with the Secretary of the Department of Health, Housing and Community Services.

“(5)

Notice of the grant of a permission must be in writing and may specify a condition or requirement that must be complied with by the person to whom the permission is granted.

“(6)

If the Secretary of the Department of Health, Housing and Community Services, or an authorised person, refuses to grant an application for a permission, he or she must notify the applicant in writing accordingly.

“(7)

The Secretary of the Department of Health, Housing and Community Services, or an authorised person, may revoke a permission by notice in writing to the holder of the permission, if:

  • (a)

    the holder fails to comply with a condition or requirement specified in the permission, whether or not the holder is charged under subsection 112 (2b) of the Act with failure to comply with the condition or requirement; or

  • (b)

    the holder of the permission is convicted under that subsection for failure to comply with the condition or requirement.

“(8)

Application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of a decision of the Secretary of the Department of Health, Housing and Community Services or of an authorised person:

(a)

not to grant a permission; or

  • (b)

    to grant a permission specifying a condition or requirement; or

  • (c)

    to revoke a permission.

“(9)

Notice of a decision referred to in subregulation (8) is to include a statement to the effect that:

  • (a)

    subject to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975, a person affected by the decision may make an application to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of the decision; and

  • (b)

    a person whose interests are affected by the decision may request a statement under section 28 of that Act.

“(10)

A failure to comply with subregulation (9) does not affect the validity of the decision.”.

6.   Regulation 10 (Exportation of certain drugs)

6.1   Paragraph 10 (1) (b):

Omit “Community Services and Health”, substitute “Health, Housing and Community Services, or an authorised person,”.

6.2   Subparagraph 10 (1) (b) (i):

Omit “Community Services and Health” (wherever occurring), substitute “Health, Housing and Community Services, or an authorised person,”.

6.3   Subparagraphs 10 (1) (b) (ii) and (iii):

Omit “Community Services and Health”, substitute “Health, Housing and Community Services, or an authorised person,”.

6.4   After subregulation 10 (1), insert:

 “(1a)  If the Secretary of the Department of Health, Housing and Community Services, or an authorised person, refuses to grant an application for a permission, he or she must notify the licensed exporter in writing accordingly.”.

6.5   Subregulation 10 (2):

Omit “through the Post Office” (wherever occurring), substitute “by post”.

6.6   Subregulation 10 (2):

Omit “Community Services and Health”, substitute “Health, Housing and Community Services, or an authorised person,”.

6.7   Paragraph 10 (3) (a):

Omit “Community Services and Health”, substitute “Health, Housing and Community Services”.

6.8   Subregulation 10 (4):

Omit “Part I or II”, substitute “Part 1 or 2”.

6.9   Subregulation 10 (5):

After the definition of “active principle”, insert the following definition:

“ ‘authorised person’ means a person authorised in writing by the Secretary of the Department of Health, Housing and Community Services for the purposes of the regulation where the expression appears;”.

7.   Regulation 10a (Licensed exporters)

7.1   Subregulation 10a (1):

Omit “Community Services and Health”, substitute “Health, Housing and Community Services”.

7.2   Subregulations 10a (2) and (4):

Omit “Community Services and Health”, substitute “Health, Housing and Community Services, or an authorised person,”.

7.3   Add at the end:

 “(5) If the Secretary of the Department of Health, Housing and Community Services, or an authorised person refuses to grant an application for a licence, he or she must notify the applicant in writing accordingly.

 “(6) If the Secretary of the Department of Health, Housing and Community Services, or an authorised person revokes a licence, he or she must notify the holder of the licence in writing accordingly.”.

8.   Regulation 10b (Conditions of licencesunder regulation 10a)

8.1   Paragraph 10b (1) (b):

Omit “Community Services and Health”, substitute “Health, Housing and Community Services, or an authorised person,”.

8.2   Paragraph 10b (1) (c):

Omit “Community Services and Health or an authorized officer” (wherever occurring), substitute “Health, Housing and Community Services or an authorised person”.

8.3   Paragraph 10b (1) (d):

Omit “Community Services and Health”, substitute “Health, Housing and Community Services”.

8.4   Paragraph 10b (1) (e):

Omit “Community Services and Health or an authorized officer”, substitute “Health, Housing and Community Services or an authorised person”.

8.5   Subregulation 10b (2):

Omit the subregulation.

9.   Regulation 10e (Exercise of powers by Secretary, Comptroller or authorised person)

9.1   Omit “Community Services and Health”, substitute “Health, Housing and Community Services or an authorised person”.

10.   New Regulation 10f

10.1   After regulation 10e, insert:

Review of decisions—exportation of certain drugs

“10f.  (1)  Application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of a decision of the Secretary of the Department of Health, Housing and Community Services or of an authorised person:

  • (a)

    not to grant a permission under paragraph 10 (1) (b); or

  • (b)

    not to grant a licence under subregulation 10a (2); or

  • (c)

    to revoke a licence under subregulation 10a (4).

“(2)

Notice of a decision referred to in subregulation (1) is to include a statement to the effect that:

  • (a)

    subject to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975, a person affected by the decision may make an application to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of the decision; and

  • (b)

    a person whose interests are affected by the decision may request a statement under section 28 of that Act.

“(3)

A failure to comply with subregulation (2) does not affect the validity of the decision.”.

11.   Schedule 6 (Goods the exportation of which is prohibited unless the approval of the Department referred to in regulation 8 is produced to the Collector)

11.1   Omit the Schedule, substitute:

 SCHEDULE 6 Regulation 8

 

GOODS THE EXPORTATION OF WHICH IS PROHIBITED IF PERMISSION IS NOT GRANTED UNDER REGULATION 8

 

Item

 

Description of goods

 

1

Human body fluids, organs and other tissue, including a part or constituent of material of that kind, if the internal volume of the immediate container in which the material is packed exceeds 50ml

2

A substance derived from human blood

 

12.   Schedule 8 (Drugs the exportation of which is prohibited unless specified conditions, restrictions or requirements are complied with)

12.1   Omit the Schedule, substitute:

 

SCHEDULE

8 Regulations 10 and 10A

drugs the exportation of which is prohibited if specified conditions, restrictions or requirements are not complied with

 

PART 1

 

Item

 

Description of drugs

 1

Acetorphine

 2

Acetyldihydrocodeine

 3

Acetylmethadol

 4

Acetyl-alphamethylfentanyl

 5

Alfentanil

 6

Allylprodine

 8

Alphameprodine

 9

Alphamethadol

 

SCHEDULE 8—continued

 

Item

 

Description of drugs

 10

Alphamethylfentanyl

 11

Alphamethylthiofentanyl

 12

Alphaprodine

 13

Anileridine

 14

 15

Benzethidine

Benzylmorphine

 16

Betacetylmethadol

 17

Betahydroxyfentanyl

 18

Betahydroxy-3-methylfentanyl

 19

Betameprodine

 20

Betamethadol

 21

Betaprodine

 22

Bezitramide

 23

Buprenorphine

 24

Clonitazene

 25

Cocaine, including the leaves of any plant of any species of the genus Erythroxylon from which cocaine can be extracted, either directly or by chemical transformation

 26

Codeine

 27

Codoxime

 28

Desomorphine

 29

Dextromoramide

 30

Dextropropoxyphene

 31

Diampromide

 32

Diethylthiambutene

 33

Difenoxin

 34

Dihydrocodeine

 35

Dihydromorphine

 36

Dimenoxadol

 37

Dimepheptanol

 38

Dimethylthiambutene

 39

Dioxaphetyl butyrate

 40

Diphenoxylate

 41

Dipipanone

 42

Drotebanol

 43

Ecgonine

 44

Ethylmethylthiambutene

 45

Ethylmorphine

 46

Etonitazene

 47

Etorphine

 48

Etoxeridine

 49

Fentanyl

 

SCHEDULE 8—continued

 

Item

 

Description of drugs

 50

Furethidine

 51

Heroin (otherwise known as diacetylmorphine)

 52

Hydrocodone

 53

Hydromorphinol

 54

Hydromorphone

 55

Hydroxypethidine

 56

Isomethadone

 57

Ketobemidone

 58

Levomethorphan

 59

Levomoramide

 60

Levophenacylmorphan

 61

Levorphanol

 62

Metazocine

 63

Methadone

 64

Methadone intermediate (otherwise known as 4-cyano-2-dimethylamino-4,4-diphenylbutane)

 65

Methyldesorphine

 66

Methyldihydromorphine

 67

1-methyl-4-phenyl-4-piperidinol propionate (otherwise known as MPPP)

 68

3-methylfentanyl

 69

3-methylthiofentanyl

 70

Metopon

 71

Moramide intermediate (otherwise known as 2-methyl-3-morpholino-1,1-diphenylpropane carboxylic acid)

 72

Morpheridine

 74

Morphine, including concentrate of poppy straw (being an extract of poppy straw that contains morphine and other alkaloids of Papaver somniferum)

 75

Morphine methobromide

 76

Morphine-N-oxide

 77

Myrophine

 78

Nicodine

 79

Nicodicodine

 80

Nicomorphine

 81

Noracymethadol

 82

Norcodeine

 

SCHEDULE 8—continued

 

Item

 

Description of drugs

 83

Norlevorphanol

 84

Normethadone

 85

Normophine

 86

Norpipanone

 87

Opium prepared for smoking, including dross and any other form of charred opium

 88

Opium that contains morphine and is in 1 of the the following forms:

(a) medicinal opium (that is to say, opium in any form, whether mixed with a neutral substance or not, that has undergone the processes necessary to adapt it for medicinal use),

(b) opium tinctures and extracts, including opium deposited from tinctures and extracts of that kind,

(c) raw opium, including non-medicinal powdered and granulated forms of raw opium

 89

Oxycodone

 90

Oxymorphone

 91

Para-fluorofentanyl

 92

Pentazocine

 93

Pethidine

 94

Pethidine intermediate A (otherwise known as 4-cyano-1-methyl-4-phenylpiperidine)

 95

Pethidine intermediate B (otherwise known as 4-phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester)

 96

Pethidine intermediate C (otherwise known as 1-methyl-4-phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylic acid)

 97

Phenadoxone

 98

Phenampromide

 99

Phenazocine

100

1-phenethyl-4-phenyl-4-piperidinol acetate (otherwise known as PEPAP)

101

Phenomorphan

102

Phenoperidine

103

Pholcodine

104

Piminodine

105

Piritramide

106

Poppy straw

107

Proheptazine

108

Properidine

109

Propiram

 110

Racemethorphan

111

Racemoramide

112

Racemorphan

113

Sufentanil

 

SCHEDULE 8—continued

 

Item

 

Description of drugs

114

Thebacon

115

Thebaine, including plants and parts of plants of the species Papaver bracteatum

116

Thiofentanyl

117

Tilidine

118

Trimeperidine

119

Any drug of whatever kind that is or is likely to produce, or is capable of being converted into a substance that is or is likely to be productive of ill effects substantially of the same character or nature as, or anologous to, those produced by any of the drugs specified or referred to in the items listed in this Part

PART

 2

 

Item

 

Description of drugs

 1

Amphetamine

 2

4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine

 3

Cannabis

 4

Cannabis resin

 5

Cathinone

 6

Tetrahydrocannabinol (otherwise known as 1-hydroxy-3-pentyl-6a,7,8,10a-tetrahydro-6,6,9-trimethyl-6H-[dibenzo (b,d) pyran] and 2'-hydroxy-4’-pentyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-1,8,8-trimethyl-8H-dibenzo (b,d) pyran) including all 3- and4'-alkyl homologues within theses structural designations

 7

DET (otherwise known as N,N-diethyltriptamine)

 8

Dexamphetamine

 9

2,5-dimethyoxyamphetamine

 10

2,5-dimethoxy-4-ethylamphetamine

 11

DMT (otherwise known as N,N-dimethyltriptamine), including plants and parts of the plants of the species Piptadenia peregrina (Anadenanthera peregrina)

 12

N-ethyl-methylenedioxyamphetamine (otherwise known as N-ethyl MDA)

13

Fenetylline

14

N-hydroxy-methylenedioxyamphetamine (otherwise known as N-hydroxy MDA)

15

Levamphetamine

16

Levomethamphetamine

 

SCHEDULE 8—continued

 

Item

 

Description of drugs

17

Lysergamide, including plants and parts of plants of the species Rivea corymbosa, Ipomoea tricolor, Ipomoea violacea and Argyreia nervosa

18

Lysergide (otherwise known as lysergic acid diethylamide or LSD) including the laevo isomer of lysergide

19

Mecloqualone

20

Mescaline (otherwise known as 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine), including cacti and parts of cacti of the species Lophophora williamsii

 21

Metamfetamine racemate

 22

Methamphetamine

 23

Methaqualone

 24

5-Methoxy-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine

 25

4-methylaminorex

 26

3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine

 27

3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine

 28

Methylphenidate

 29

Paramethoxyamphetamine

 30

PCE (otherwise known as N-ethyl-1- phenylcyclohexylamine)

 31

Phencyclidine

 32

Phenmetrazine

 33

PHP or PCPY (also known as 1-(1-phenylcyclohexyl) pyrrolidine)

 34

Psilocine (otherwise known as 3-(2-dimethylaminoethyl)-4-hydroxyindole), including all fungi that contain psilocine

 35

Psilocybin, including all fungi that contain psilocybin

 36

STP, DOM (otherwise known as 2-amino-1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-methyl)-phenylpropane)

 37

TCP (otherwise known as 1-(1-(2-thienyl)cyclohexyl) piperidine)

 38

3,4,5,-trimethoxyamphetamine

 39

Any drug of whatever kind that is or is likely to produce, or is capable of being converted into a substance that is or is likely to be productive of ill effects substantially of the same character or nature as, or anologous to, those produced by any of the drugs specified or referred to in the items listed in this Part

 

PART

 3

 

Item

 

Description of drugs

 1

Amfecloral

 2

Amfepramone (otherwise known as diethylpropion)

 3

Benzphetamine

 4

Bufotenin (otherwise known as 3-(2-dimethylaminoethyl)-5-hydroxindole), including plants and parts of the plants of the species Piptadenia peregrina (Anadenanthera peregrina)

 

SCHEDULE 8—continued

 

Item

 

Description of drugs

 5

Cathine

 6

Chlorphentermine

 7

Ephedrine

 8

Ergometrine

 9

Ergotamine

10

N-ethylamphetamine

11

Fencamfamin

12

Fenproporex

13

Harmaline (otherwise known as 4,9-dihydro-7-methoxy-1-methyl-(3H)pyrido (3,4-b)indole)

14

Harmine (otherwise known as 7-methoxyharman)

15

Hydroxyamphetamine (otherwise known as 4-(2-aminopropyl)phenol)

16

Lysergic acid, including the laevo isomer of lysergic acid

17

Mazindol

18

Mefenorex

19

Alphamethyltriptamine (otherwise known as (3-(2-aminopropyl)indole)

20

Phendimetrazine

21

Phentermine

 22

Phenyl-2-propanone

 23

Pipradol

 24

Propylhexedrine

 25

Pseudoephedrine

 26

Pyrovalerone

 27

SPA (otherwise known as levo-1-dimethylamino-1,2,-diphenylethane)

 28

Any drug of whatever kind that is or is likely to produce, or is capable of being converted into a substance that is or is likely to be productive of ill effects substantially of the same character or nature as, or anologous to, those produced by any of the drugs specified or referred to in the items listed in this Part

 

PART

 4

 

Item

 

Description of drugs

 1

Alprazolam

 2

Barbiturates, that is to say, 5,5-disubstituted barbituric acids, including compounds structurally derived from barbituric acid or thiobarbituric acid

 3

Bromazepam

 4

Camezepam

 5

Chlordiazepoxide

 6

Clobazam

 7

Clonazepam

 

SCHEDULE 8—continued

 

Item

 

Description of drugs

 8

Clorazapate

 9

Clotiazepam

10

Cloxazolam

11

Delorazepam

12

Diazepam

13

Estazolam

14

Ethchlorvynol (otherwise known as ethyl-2-chlorvinyl ethinyl carbinol)

15

Ethinamate

16

Ethyl loflazepate

17

Fludiazepam

18

Flunitrazepam

19

Flurazepam

20

Glutethimide

21

Halazepam

22

Haloxazolam

23

Ketazolam

24

Loprazolam

25

Lorazepam

26

Lormetazepam

27

Medazepam

28

Meprobamate

29

Methyprylon

30

Midazolam

31

Nimetazepam

32

Nitrazepam

33

Nordazepam

34

Oxazepam

35

Oxazolam

36

Pemoline

37

Pinazepam

38

Prazepam

39

Temazepam

40

Tetrazepam

41

Triazolam

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 17 September 1991.

 

2. Statutory Rules 1958 No. 5 as amended by 1959 No. 5; 1961 Nos. 16 and 112; 1963 Nos. 129 and 130; 1964 No. 144; 1965 No. 136; 1966 Nos. 70 and 75; 1967 Nos. 42, 59 and 123; 1968 Nos. 46, 83, 101, 153, 160 and 162; 1969 Nos. 11, 21, 22 and 219; 1970 Nos. 34, 68, 89, 106 and 121; 1972 No. 210; 1973 Nos. 4, 7, 39, 74, 102, 138, 218 and 248; 1974 Nos. 46, 157, 178 and 250; 1975 Nos. 19, 44, 45, 173 and 224; 1976 Nos. 169 and 233; 1977 No. 89; 1978 Nos. 14, 58, 59 and 277; 1979 Nos. 160 and 237; 1980 Nos. 21, 61, 72, 76, 82, 99, 110, 212, 273, 358, 381 and 383; 1981 Nos. 49, 72, 86, 149, 225, 251 and 324; 1982 Nos. 169, 171 and 310; 1983 No. 272; 1984 Nos. 35, 63, 191, 262, 263 and 316; 1985 Nos. 1, 68, 138 and 378; 1986 Nos. 76, 89, 177, 178, 328, 364, 365, 366 and 388; 1987 Nos. 97, 115, 156, 176, 301, 317, 318 and 319; 1988 Nos. 65, 178, 195 and 361; 1989 Nos. 57, 59, 196, 264 and 388; 1990 Nos. 125, 146, 190, 264, 333 and 438; 1991 Nos. 24, 77 and 118.

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