EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1984 NO. 261
CUSTOMS (PROHIBITED IMPORTS) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
Issued by the Authority of the Minister of State for Industry and Commerce
Regulation 5 of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations provides that the importation into Australia of drugs specified in the Fourth Schedule to the Regulations is prohibited unless the importer satisfies certain prescribed requirements.
Australia is a signatory to the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961 and the Convention on Psychotropic Substances 1971.
The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs, at its Eighth Special Session in February 1984 made a number of decisions relating to drugs of dependence.
The purpose of the attached regulation is to ensure compliance with those decisions by adding additional drugs to the Fourth Schedule to the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations.