EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
CUSTOMS (PROHIBITED IMPORTS) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
STATUTORY RULES 1988 NO. 136
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR SCIENCE, CUSTOMS AND SMALL BUSINESS
The Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy agreed at its November 1986 meeting that the Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments should take legislative action against drug analogues that have been known to be used in other countries as drugs of abuse and/or addiction. The Minister for Community Services and Health requested the addition of eleven such analogues to the Fourth Schedule to the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations.
The Statutory Rules insert these analogues at new items 1, 1C, 1D, 8A, 8B, 76C, 76D, 76E, 93AAA, 104A and 120A.
The Statutory Rules also effect a consequential renumbering of existing items 1, 1A and 1B so that the relevant additions may be inserted in the correct alphabetical order.