Statutory Rules
1976 No. 98
REGULATIONS
UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1975.*
I,
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice
of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under
the Customs Act 1901-1975.
Dated this third day of May, 1976.
JOHN R.
KERR
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
JOHN
HOWARD
Minister
of State for Business and Consumer Affairs.
Amendments of the Customs (Prohibited Imports)
Regulations
Appeals.
1. Regulation 5g of the Customs (Prohibited Imports)
Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting
from sub-regulation (5) the words “ Therapeutic Substances Act 1953-1959
” and substituting the words “ Therapeutic Goods Act 1966-1973 ”; and
(b) by
omitting from sub-regulation (6) the words “ Therapeutic Substances Act 1953-1959
” and substituting the words “ Therapeutic
Goods Act 1966-1973 ”.
2. After regulation 5g of the Customs (Prohibited Imports)
Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—
Importation of certain goods prohibited except with
consent of Director-General of Health or authorized officer.
“ 5h. (1)
In this regulation, ‘ authorized officer ’ means an officer authorized by the
Director-General of Health by instrument in writing to be an authorized officer
for the purposes of this regulation.
“ (2) The importation into Australia of goods
specified in the Eighth Schedule to these Regulations is prohibited unless the
Director-General of Health or an authorized officer has, by instrument in
writing, granted permission to import the goods and the instrument is produced
to the Collector.
“ (3) A
permission under this regulation shall be subject to such conditions imposing
requirements or prohibitions on the person to whom the permission is granted
with respect to the custody, use, disposal or destruction of the goods, as the Director-General
or authorized officer, as the case may be, thinks necessary to ensure that the
goods are not used otherwise than for the purpose for which he grants the
permission.”.
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Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 12 May 1976.
Statutory Rules 1956, No. 90, as amended by Statutory Rules 1958, Nos. 6 and
67; 1959, Nos. 17, 31 and 93; 1960, No. 22; 1961, No. 117; 1962, No. 82; 1963,
No. 26; 1964, Nos. 25 and 39; 1965, Nos. 81, 91, 135, 167 and 190; 1966, No.
95; 1967, Nos. 41, 58, 114 and 178; 1968, Nos. 100, 141 and 161; 1969, Nos. 2,
7, 10, 39, 43 and 218; 1970, Nos. 8, 72, 105 and 194; 1972, No. 97; 1973, Nos.
5, 6, 42, 43, 89, 93, 162, 175, 217, 227, 228 and 262; 1974, Nos. 123 and 249;
and 1975, Nos. 58, 62, 121, 172 and 183.
Second Schedule.
3. The Second Schedule to the
Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations is amended—
(a) by
omitting items 1, 4, 12, 17 and 25; and
(b) by
omitting from item 30a the word “ Richinus
” and substituting the word “ Ricinus ”.
Third Schedule.
4. The Third Schedule to the Customs
(Prohibited Imports) Regulations is amended by omitting items 2a, 2b, 8aa and 28aa.
Fourth Schedule.
5. The Fourth Schedule to the
Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations is amended by omitting items 49a and 49b
(first occurring), being items 49a
and 49b inserted in that
Schedule by Statutory Rules 1967, No. 114.
Eighth Schedule.
6. The Customs (Prohibited Imports)
Regulations are amended by adding at the end thereof the following Schedule:—
“ EIGHTH SCHEDULE Regulation 5h (2)
Goods the Importation of which is Prohibited except
with the Permission of the Director-General of Health or of an Authorized
Officer.
Item No. | Description of Goods |
1 | Abortifacients, that is, substances that purport to
produce abortion. |
2 | Advertising matter
(including booklets, pamphlets, leaflets and circulars) relating to
preparations, instruments, appliances, and other goods, that purport to be
for therapeutic purposes and containing any statements or claims that are
misleading, false or extravagant.
|
3 | Aminophenazone
(aminopyrine) (4-dimethylamino-2, 3-dimethyl-1-phenyl-3 pyrazolin-5-one),
derivatives of aminophenazone (aminopyrine) (4-dimethylamino-2, 3-dimethyl-1
phenyl-3-pyrazolin-5-one) (including dipyrone) and preparations containing
aminophenazone (aminopyrine) (4-dimethylamino-2,
3-dimethyl-1-phenyl-3-pyrazolin-5-one) or derivatives of aminophenazone
(aminopyrine) (4-dimethylamino-2, 3-dimethyl-1-phenyl-3-pyrazolin-5-one)
(including dipyrone).
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4 | Aphrodisiacs, that is to
say, cantharides, cantharidin and yohimbine, preparations containing
cantharides, cantharidin or yohimbine, and any other substance or preparation
that is, or is likely to be, productive, or is capable of being converted
into a substance that is, or is likely to be, productive, of effects
substantially of the same character or nature as, or analogous to, those
produced by cantharides, cantharidin or yohimbine.
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5 | Bithionol (2, 2’-thiobis
(4, 6-dichlorophenol)) and preparations containing bithionol (2, 2’-thiobis
(4, 6-dichlorophcnol)).
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6 | 5-bromo-4’-chlorosalicylanilide
and preparations containing 5-bromo-4’-chlorosalicylanilide.
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7 | Buniodyl sodium
(bunamiodyl) (3-butyramido-α-ethyl-2, 4, 6-triiodocinnamic acid
sodium salt) and preparations containing buniodyl sodium (bunamiodyl)
(3-butyramido-α-ethyl-2, 4, 6-triiodocinnamic acid sodium salt).
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8 | Cinchophen methyl ester
(methyl-2-phenylcinchoninatc) and preparations containing cinchophen methyl
ester (methyl-2-phenylcinchoninate).
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9 | Fenticlor (2, 2’-thiobis
(4-chlorophenol)) and preparations containing fenticlor (2, 2’-thiobis
(4-chlorophenol)).
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10 | Food, drink and oral
medicine for human consumption and preparations (including essences and
extracts) used in the manufacture of food, drink or oral medicine for human
consumption that contain— (a) glycol or a derivative
of a glycol other than propylene glycol; or (b) calamus or oil of
calamus
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11 | Goods that purport to
produce a therapeutic effect by electric, ultrasonic or magnetic influences
or by the presence of radio-active elements.
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12 | (2-Isopropyl-4-pentenoyl) urea and preparations
containing (2-isopropyl-4-pentenoyl) urea. |
13 | Preparations that purport
to be a remedy for drunkenness, alcoholic habit, tobacco habit or drug habit.
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14 | 3, 3’, 4,
5’-Tetrachlorosalicylanilide and preparations containing 3, 3’, 4,
5’-tetrachloro-salicylanitide.
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15 | Thalidomide and preparations containing thalidomide, |
16 | Triparanol and preparations containing triparanol. |
17 | Xylitol and preparations containing xylitol.”. |