STATUTORY RULES
1970 No. 105
REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1968.*
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 1901-1968.
Dated this eighth day of August, 1970.
Paul Hasluck
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
(Sgd) D. L. CHIPP
Minister of State for Customs and Excise.
Amendments of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations†
Designated therapeutic substances.
1. Regulation 5c of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (5.) the word “ sub-section ” and inserting in its stead the word “ sub-regulation ”.
First Schedule.
2. The First Schedule to the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations is amended by omitting Item 8a.
Second Schedule.
3. The Second Schedule to the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations is amended by omitting Item 5a and inserting in its stead the following items:—
“ 5a | Cannabis, that is to say— |
| (a) the flowering or fruiting tops of a plant of the genus Cannabis, by whatever name those tops are called, from which the resin has not been extracted; |
| (b) leaves of a plant of the genus Cannabis; |
| (c) seeds of a plant of the genus Cannabis; |
| (d) plants of the genus Cannabis; and |
| (e) cannabis resin, that is to say, resin obtained from a plant of the genus Cannabis |
“ 5b | Substances derived from cannabis within the meaning of the last preceding item |
“ 5c | Substances, whether natural or synthetic, which are or are likely to be productive, or are capable of being converted into substances which are or are likely to be productive. of ill effects substantially of the same character or nature as, or analogous to, those produced by cannabis within the meaning of Item 5a ”. |
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on ,1970.
† Statutory Rules 1956, No. 90, as amended. For previous amendments to the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations, see footnote † to Statutory Rules 1970, No. 8, and see also Statutory Rules 1970, Nos. 8 and 72.
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Third Schedule.
4. The Third Schedule to the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations is amended—
(a) by inserting after Item 23 the following item:— | ||
“ 23a | Seed of— | The importer shall produce to the Collector the permission in writing of the Minister of State for Primary Industry to import the goods ”; |
| (a) a plant of the genus Triticum (including a plant of any variety or type of cultivated wheat); | |
| (b) a plant of the genus Hordeum (including a plant of any variety or type of cultivated barley); | |
| (c) a plant of the genus Avena (including a plant of any variety or type of cultivated oats); | |
| (d) a plant of the species Secale cereale (including a plant of any variety or type of cultivated rye); and | |
| (e) any hybrid plant that is a cross between a plant of the species Triticum aestivum and a plant of the species Secale cereale | |
and | ||
(b) by omitting Item 31. | ||
Fourth Schedule.
5. The Fourth Schedule to the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting Items 79aa and 79a and inserting in their stead the following items:—
“ 79a | Phencyclidine hydrochloride (1-(1-phenylcyclohexyl) piperidine hydrochloride) and preparations containing phencyclidine hydrochloride |
“ 79b | Phendimetrazine and its salts and preparations containing phendimetrazine or any of its salts |
“ 79c | Phenmetrazine and its salts and preparations containing phenmetrazine or any of its salts ”; and |
(b) by omitting from Item 92 the words “ morphine, cocaine or lysergide (lysergic acid diethylamide) (LSD 25) ” and inserting in their stead the words “ any of the drugs specified or referred to in the preceding items of this Schedule
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