Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 - Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment (Precursors) Regulation 2001 (2001-118) [GG No 41 of 23.2.2001, p 814] (NSW)

2001 No 118

Drug Misuse and Trafficking New South Wales

Amendment (Precursors)

Regulation 2001

under the

Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985.

BOB DEBUS, M.P.,

Attorney General

Explanatory note

Section 24A of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 makes it an offence for a person to possess a precursor that the person intends for use in the manufacture or production of a prohibited drug. A precursor is defined as a substance specified or described in the regulations as a precursor. The object of this Regulation is to specify a list of substances that are precursors for the purposes of section 24A.

This Regulation is made under the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985, including section 24A and section 45 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 41 of 23 February 2001, page 814	Page 1
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Clause 1	Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment (Precursors) Regulation 2001

Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment
(Precursors) Regulation 2001

1     Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment

(Precursors) Regulation 2001.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 23 February 2001.

3 Amendment of Drug Misuse and Trafficking Regulation 2000

The Drug Misuse and Trafficking Regulation 2000 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

4 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

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Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment (Precursors) Regulation 2001

Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 3)

[1]     Clause 7A

Insert after clause 7:

7A Precursors

For the purposes of section 24A of the Act, the substances listed in Schedule 2, and any preparation, admixture, extract or other substance containing any proportion of a substance listed in Schedule 2, are specified as precursors.

Note. The term substance is defined in section 3 of the Act as including preparation and admixture and all salts, isomers, esters or ethers of any substance and all salts of those isomers, esters and ethers.

[2]     Schedule 2

Insert after Schedule 1:

Schedule 2 Precursors (Clause 7A)

Acetic anhydride
Bromobenzene
Bromo safrole
Boron tribromide
1–Chlorophenyl–2–aminopropane
Ephedrine
Ephedrone
Ethyl phenyl acetate
Gamma butyrolactone
(also known as 4–Hydroxy-butanoic acid lactone)
Hydriodic acid
Hypophosphorous acid

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Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment (Precursors) Regulation 2001

Schedule 1 Amendments

3, 4–Methylenedioxyphenylpropan–2–one
(also known as 3, 4–Methylenedioxy–phenyl–2–propanone)
N–Methylephedrine
Norpseudoephedrine
Methyl phenyl acetate
N–Methyl pseudoephedrine
Phenylacetamide
Phenylacetic acid
Phenylacetonitrile
Phenylacetyl chloride
1–Phenyl–2–chloropropane
1–Phenyl–2–nitropropene
Phenylpropanolamine
1–Phenyl–2–propanone
1–Phenyl–2–propanone oxime
1–Phenyl–2–propanol
Phosphorus (red or white)
Pseudoephedrine

Pyridine

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