Public Health (Prohibited Drugs) (Amendment) Act (No 2) 1978 (ACT)

No. 40 of 1978

AN ORDINANCE

To amend the Public Health (Prohibited Drugs) Ordinance 1957

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Adminis­ tration) Act 1910.

Dated this thirteenth day of December 1978.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

RALPH J. HUNT

Minister of State for Health

PUBLIC HEALTH (PROHIBITED DRUGS) (AMENDMENT)

ORDINANCE (No. 2) 1978

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Public Health (Prohibited

Drugs) (Amendment) Ordinance (No. 2) 1978.*

2. In this Ordinance, " Principal Ordinance" means the Public Health (Prohibited Drugs) Ordinance 1957.t

t Ordinance No. 9, 1957 as amended by No. 19, 1966; Nos . 17 and 37, 1975; No. 39, 1977; and No. 23, 1978.

3. This Ordinance shall come into operation on the date fixed under section 2 of the Poisons and Narcotic Drugs Ordinance 1978.

4. Section 2 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting the definitions of " cannabis ", " cannabis fibre ", " cannabis plant " and " cannabis resin ".

5. Section 4 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting

sub-section ( 2 ) .

* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 19 December 1978.

6. The Schedule to the Principal Ordinance is repealed and the

following Schedule substituted:

SCHEDULE Section 2

Allyl isopropylacetylurea

A m i n o p h e n a z o n e

Derivat ives	of	a m i n o p h e n a z o n e
Amygdal in
Buclosamide

Buniodyl sodium
Dulc in

Methyl c inchophen

Oxyphenisat in
Acetyl derivatives of oxyphenisat in
Tha l idomide
Tr iparano l

Zeranol