Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1966 No. 95

REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1966.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Customs Act 1901-1966.

Dated this ninth day of June, 1966.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Sgd.) KEN ANDERSON

Minister of State for Customs and Excise.

Amendments of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 

Importation of certain drugs.

1. Regulation 5 of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulations:— “ (8.) In this regulation, ‘ drug ’ includes plant or part of a plant.”.

The Fourth Schedule.

2. The Fourth Schedule to the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting after item No. 49 the following items:—

“ 49a	Lysergide (Lysergic acid diethylamide) (LSD25);
49b	Mescaline (3:4:5—Trimethoxyphenethylamine); ”;

(b)by inserting after item No. 85 the following items:—

“ 85a	Psilocin (3(2-N, N dimethylaminoethyl) 5 hydroxy indole);
85b	Psilocybin (3-(2-Dimethylaminoethyl) Indol-4-yl Dihydrogen Phosphate);”;

(c) by inserting after item No. 91 the following item:—

“ 9la  Plants and parts of plants of the species Rivea Corymbosa, Ipomoea Tricolor, Ipomoea Violacea, Piptadenia Peregrina, and Lophophora Williamsii”;

and

(d)by omitting from item No. 92 the words “ or cocaine ” and inserting in their stead the words “, cocaine, lysergide (lysergic acid diethylamide) (LSD25), mescaline (3:4:5-Trimethoxy-phenethylamine), psilocin (3 (2 - N,N dimethylaminoethyl) 5 hydroxy indole) or psilocybin (3- (2-Dimethylaminoethyl) Indol-4-yl Dihydrogen Phosphate).”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 16 June 1966.

  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; and 1965, Nos. 81, 91, 135, 167 and 190.

By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.

4823/66.—Price 5c (6d.)  10/6.5.1966