Misuse of Drugs Order 2005 (TAS)

Misuse of Drugs Order 2005

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following order under section 40(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 2001 .9 May 2005

W. J. E. COX

Governor

By His Excellency’s Command,

JUDY JACKSON

Minister for Justice and Industrial Relations

1Short titleThis order may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs Order 2005 . 2CommencementThis order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette. 3Principal ActIn this order, the Misuse of Drugs Act 2001 is referred to as the Principal Act. 4Schedule 1 amended (Controlled substances and trafficable quantities) Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by omitting item 112 from Part 2 and substituting the following:

112.  Ephedrine 30g

(b) by omitting items 177 and 178 from Part 2 and substituting the following:

177.	N,α-dimethyl-3,4-(methylenedioxy) phenylethylamine (otherwise known as MDMA)	10g
178.	N,α-dimethyl-2,3-(methylenedioxy) phenylethylamine (otherwise known as 2,3-MDMA)	10g

(c) by omitting item 248 from Part 2 and substituting the following:

248.  Pseudoephedrine in a quantity greater than 6g 30g

(d) by inserting after item 5 in Part 3 the following:

5A.  Mitragyna speciosa

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 18 May 2005

This order is administered in the Department of Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the order) This order amends Schedule 1 to the