STATUTORY RULES.

1956. No. 90

REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901–1954.*

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 undo the Customs Act 1901–1954.

Dated this  fourteenth

day of   December  , 1956.

Stamp W.J. SLIM

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Stamp Denham Henty

Minister of State for Customs and Excise.

CUSTOMS (PROHIBITED IMPORTS) REGULATIONS.

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations.

Definition

2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

“ flash point ” means the temperature at which petroleum and shale products (including kerosene) give off an inflammable vapor upon being tested by the Abel Flash Point Apparatus

“ pistol ” includes any lethal weapon, ordinarily capable of being carried concealed on the person, from which any shot, bullet or missile can be discharged ;

“ the British Pharmacopoeia” means—

(a) the latest edition (being an edition that has taken effect) for the time being of the book called the British Pharmacopoeia published under the direction of the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom ; or

(b) if that book has boon added to or amended by additions and amendments that have taken effect—that edition as affected by those additions or amendments.

Goods the importation of which is prohibited absolutely.

3. The importation into Australia of the goods specified in the First Schedule to these Regulations is prohibited absolutely.

Goods the importation of which is prohibited unless conditions or restrictions complied with.

4.—(1.) The importation into Australia of the goods specified in the Second Schedule to these Regulations is prohibited unless the permission in writing of the Minister to import the goods has been granted.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on     , 1956.

2822/54—Price 8d.          9/2.11.1956.


(2.) The importation into Australia of the goods specified in the second column of the Third Schedule to these Regulations is prohibited unless the conditions, restrictions or requirements specified in the third column of that Schedule opposite to the description of the goods are complied with.

Important of certain drugs.

5.—(1.) The importation into Australia of any of the drugs specified in the Fourth Schedule to those Regulations is prohibited—

(a) unless the person importing the drugs has been granted a licence to import drugs under sub-regulation (3.) of this regulation and the licence is in force ; and

(b) unless the permission in writing of the Collector to each importation of the drugs has been granted and is in force.

(2.) An application for a licence and an application for a permission under this regulation shall be in writing and shall be lodged with the Collector.

(3.) The Collector, in his discretion, may grant or refuse an application for a licence or permission under this regulation and may revoke a licence or permission so granted.

(4.) A licence granted under this regulation is subject to compliance by the person to whom it is granted with the following requirements in relation to each of the drugs specified in the Fourth Schedule to these Regulations which come into his possession:—

(a) the person shall not dispose of a drug or a substance or mixture in the preparation of which a drug has been used except for use for medical or scientific purposes and after the person has satisfied himself that it will be so used ;

(b) the person shall not dispose; of a drug or a substance or mixture in the preparation of which a drug has been used except to a person approved by the Collector ;

(c) the person shall keep all drugs and all substances and mixtures in the preparation of which a drug has been used in safe custody until he disposes of them ;

(d) the person shall record in books kept, by him for that purpose—

(i) the quantity of each drug and each substance and mixture in the preparation of which a drug has been used, and the name and address of the person from whom he obtained the drug or the substance or mixture ;

(ii) the quantity of each drug and each substance or mixture in the preparation of which a drug has been used supplied by him to another person, and the name and address of that person ; and

(iii) the quantity of each drug used by him in the manufacture of substances or mixtures, the quantity of each drug lost, destroyed, evaporated or wasted in that manufacture and the quantity and nature of the substances and mixtures ;


(e) the person shall retain the books so kept by him until the Collector approves of their destruction ;

(f) the person shall, when required by the Collector—

(i) produce for examination the books so kept ; and

(ii) produce for examination all drugs and all substances and mixtures in the preparation of which a drug has been used in his possession.

(5.) A permit granted under this regulation is subject to such conditions (if any) as the Collector specifics in the permission.

(6.) The continuance in force of a licence under this regulation is subject to the condition that the importer furnishes security to the satisfaction of the Collector for compliance with the Act and for compliance with the requirements to which the licence is subject.

(7.) A licence to import drugs issued under the Regulations repealed by regulation 7 of these Regulations and in force immediately before the commencement of these Regulations shall be deemed to be a licence granted under sub-regulation (3.) of this regulation.

Regulations do not derogate from any other law.

6. The provisions of those Regulations are in addition to, and do not derogate from, the operation of any other law of the Commonwealth relating to the importation of goods into Australia.

Repeal.

7. The Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations (comprising the Statutory Rules specified in the Fifth Schedule to those Regulations) are repealed.

THE SCHEDULES.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Reg. 3.

Goods the Importation of which is Prohibited Absolutely.

Item No.

Description of Goods.

1

 Absinthe

2

 Advertising matter relating to any goods covered by this Schedule

3

 Appliances known as “ J.B.L. Caseade ” and all appliances of a similar character

4

 Articles or preparations known as “ Dolichos ”, “ Dolichos Down ”, “ Dolichos Pubes ”, “ Cowhago ”, “ Cowiteh ”, “ Juckpulver ”, “ Cachoo ” or “ Electric Snuff ” and all articles and preparations of a similar character

5

 Articles comprising the treatment for catarrh, catarrhal deafness and head noises, supplied by the Dr. W. O. Coffee Company, Iowa, United States of America, or by the Dr. W. O. Coffee Company, Ontario, Canada

6

 Beerine, being a preparation containing picric acid and capable of being used in the manufacture of beverages

7

 Blasphemous, indecent or obscene works or articles

8

 Bombs known as “ Balkan ” or “ Suffragette ” bombs and all articles of a similar character

9

 Cigars and cigarettes containing explosive substances, trick cigars, and articles of a similar nature, which are a danger to the community

10

 Counterfeit coin including—

 

(a) coin which is not genuine but resembling or apparently intended to resemble or pass for genuine coin ;


First Schedulecontinued.

Item No.

Description of Goods.

 

(b) genuine coin which has boon prepared or altered so as to resemble or be apparently intended to resemble or pass for coin of a higher denomination ; and

 

(c) genuine coin which has been clipped or filed or the size or weight of which has otherwise been diminished and which has been prepared or altered so as to conceal the clipping, filing or diminution,

 

 whether the coin is or is not in a fit state to be used, dealt with or acted upon as if it were genuine and whether the process of preparation or alteration is or is not complete

11

 Crystal balls for clairvoyant crystal gazing, hypnotic crystals, gazing crystals, mysterious lucky stones, oriental lucky stones, mysterious oracles, and all similar articles

12

 Diacetylmorphine (heroin) and its salts and preparations containing diacetylmorphine or its salts

13

 Goods the description of which includes the word “ Anzac” or bearing the word “Anzac” or a word so nearly resembling the word “Anzac” as to be likely to deceive

14

 Goods imported in any ship or aircraft which is not lawfully registered

15

 Goods manufactured or produced wholly or in part by prison labour or which have been made within or in connexion with a prison, gaol or penitentiary

16

 Goods manufactured by a manufacturer who employs prison labour, which goods are of a like character to —

 

(a) any goods, manufactured by the manufacturer, manufactured wholly or in part by prison labour ; or

 

(b) any goods, manufactured by the manufacturer, made wholly or in part within or in connexion with a prison, gaol or penitentiary

17

 Goods on or in connexion with which there is a false suggestion of a warranty, guarantee or concern as to their production or quality by any person, public officials, Government or country

18

 Homeopathic medicines manufactured by Count Cesar Mattei, Italy

19

 Imitation or counterfeit bank notes, and all articles which, not being bank notes, so nearly resemble bank notes as to be likely to deceive

20

 Imitation brandy being—

 

(a) spirits which are described as eau de vie, cognac or by any other name or description usually applied to brandy but which are not spirits distilled wholly from wine made from the fermented juice of fresh grapes ; or

 

(b) spirits which are coloured and flavoured so as to resemble brandy or so as to be likely to deceivebut which are not spirits distilled wholly from wine made from the fermented juice of fresh grapes

21

 Indian hemp (that is to say, the dried, flowering or fruiting tops, by whatever name those tops are called, of the pistillate plant known as Cannabis Sativa, being tops from which the resin has not been extracted) and —

 

(a) resin obtained from Indian hemp;

 

(b) preparations, such as hashish, esrar, chiras and djamba, of which that resin forms the base; and

 

(c) galenical preparations (extract and tincture) of Indian hemp

22

 Ketobemidone (4-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-1-methyl-4-piporidyl ethyl ketone or 1-methyl-4-metahydroxyphonyl-4-propionyl piporidine) and its salts (Cliraden, Ketogan) and preparations containing ketobemidone or its salts

23

 Matches and vestas containing the substance known as white phosphorus or the substance known as yellow phosphorus

24

 Opium prepared for smoking, including dross and any other form of charred opium

25

 Pipes for use in opium smoking and all parts of and accessories to such pipes

26

 Silencers for use with firearms

27

 Tea which is—

 

(a) exhausted;

 

(b) adulterated with spurious leaf or exhausted leaves;

 

(c) unfit for human use; or

 

(d) unwholesome


SECOND SCHEDULE.

Reg. 4 (1.).

Goods the Importation of which is Prohibited unless the Permission in Writing of this Minister has been Granted.

Item No.

Description of Goods.

1

 Advertising matter (including booklets, pamphlets, leaflets and circulars) relating to preparations, instruments, appliances or other goods intended or alleged to be for therapeutic purposes, and containing any statements or claims which are misleading, false or extravagant

2

 Ammunition for rifles of a military type, being of a calibre larger than .22 of an inch

3

 Animals of all kinds and the semen of animals

4

 Bank notes which are, or have at any time been, legal tender in any part of the United Kingdom

5

 Birds of all kinds

6

 Chaff bags or bran bags of a net weight of less than twenty ounces each

7

 Chemical warfare gas and devices and apparatus designed for use with that gas

8

 Confectionery—

 

(a) which contains more than two per centum of proof spirit ; or

 

(b) the consumption of which would, in the opinion of the Minister, be injurious to the health of a person consuming it

9

 Essence of port, essence of sherry, and any other essence of wine or essence having the aroma or flavour of wine, whether natural or artificially compounded

10

 Essences of whisky, rum, brandy, cognac, maraschino, absinthe, curacao, gin, hollands, kirsch, kirschwasser, and oil of cognac and any other essences having the aroma or flavour of any of those spirits, whether natural or artificially compounded

11

 Fireworks

12

 Food and drink for human consumption which contains glycol or a derivative of glycol and preparations, including essences and extracts, for use in the manufacture or preparation of food and drink for human consumption, and medicines to be taken orally by man which contain glycol or a derivative of glycol

13

 Golden syrup

14

 Goods packed in a bag or sack being goods the weight of which, together with the weight of the bag or sack, exceeds two hundred pounds

15

 Goods to which, or to the coverings of which, there is applied a representation of the Arms, a flag or a seal of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth or a representation so nearly resembling the Arms, a flag or a seal of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth as to be likely to deceive

16

 Goods to which, or to the coverings of which, there is applied a representation of the Royal Arms or a representation so nearly resembling the Royal Arms as to be likely to deceive

17

 Goods which are alleged or intended to produce a therapeutic effect by electric or magnetic influences, or by the presence of radio-active elements

18

 Goods which, in the opinion of the Minister, are of a dangerous character and a menace to the community

19

 Indian hemp (Cannabis Sativa) seeds

20

 Literature in which—

 

(a) the overthrow by force or violence of the established government of the Commonwealth or of any State or of any other civilized country ;

 

(b) the overthrow by force or violence of all forms of law ;

 

(c) the abolition of organized government ;

 

(d) the assassination of public officials ; or

 

(e) the unlawful destruction of property, is advocated

21

 Literature wherein a seditious intention (as defined by section 24a of the Crimes Act 1914–1955) is expressed or a seditious enterprise (as defined by section 24n of the Crimes Act 1914–1955) is advocated


Second Schedule—continued.

Item No.

Description of Goods.

22

 Literature which, by words or pictures or partly by words and partly by pictures, in the opinion of the Minister—

 

(a) unduly emphasizes matters of sex, horror, violence or crime ; or

 

(b) is likely to encourage depravity

23

 Live fish and the spawn of fish

24

 Medicinal preparations known as “ Cantassium”

25

 Medicinal preparations which purport to be a remedy for drunkenness, alcoholic habit, tobacco habit or drug habit

26

 Opium poppy (Papaver Somniferum) seeds

27

 Pistols and any parts of pistols

28

 Plain clear shoot glass

29

 Potatoes for food purposes

30

 Rifles of a military type, being of a calibre larger than .22 of an inch, and parts for these rifles

31

 Secondhand cornsacks

32

 Treacle

THIRD SCHEDULE.

Reg. 4 (2.).

Goods the Importation of which is Prohibited unless Specified Conditions, Restrictions or Requirements are Complied With.

Item No.

Description of Goods.

Conditions, Restrictions and Requirements.

1

 Aircraft, airframes and aircraft engines

 The importer shall produce to the Collector the permission in writing of the Director-General of Civil Aviation to import the goods

2

 Articles to which, or to any covering or container of which, there is applied any marking (including, in addition to words, any contraction, abbreviation or any substitute for words) in a language other than the language ordinarily used by the people of the country of origin of the goods

 There shall be applied to the articles or to the covering or container thereof, as the case may be, in conjunction with the marking referred to, wherever such marking appears, and in conspicuous and legible characters, a definite qualifying statement in the English language indicating the country in which the articles were made or produced, unless the Minister directs that the application of the statement to any particular articles, coverings or containers is unnecessary, when the application of the statement shall not be required

3

 Chloramphenicol (Chloromycetin), dihydrostreptomycin, penicillin and streptomycin, their salts and any preparation containing any of these substances or their salts

 1. The goods shall conform with the standard constituted by the statements in the respective monographs on these sub-stances in the British Pharmacopoeia

 

 

 2. The goods shall be accompanied by a certificate, signed by or on behalf of the exporter of the goods, certifying that the goods conform with that standard

4

 Cigarettes....................

 The goods shall be imported only in packages containing not less than fifteen pounds not weight unless the Collector is satisfied—

 

 

(a) that the goods are samples;

 

 

(b) that the goods are intended for private use by the importer; or

 

 

(c) that the goods are surplus ships’ or aircraft’s stores,

 

 

 and the goods are entered for home consumption


Third Schedulecontinued.

Item No.

Description of Goods.

Conditions, Restrictions and Requirements.

5

 Cigars......................

 The goods shall be imported only in packages containing not less than twenty pounds net weight unless the Collector is satisfied—

 

 

(a) that the goods are samples;

 

 

(b) that the goods are intended for private use by the importer; or

 

 

(c) that the goods are surplus ships’ or aircraft’s stores,

 

 

and the goods are entered for home consumption

6

 Clinical thermometers...........

 1. Each thermometer shall be marked with the name of the country in which it was manufactured

 

 

 2. the goods shall net be imported unless the Comptroller has granted permission in writing to import the goods

 

 

 3. In the case of a thermometer other than a thermometer—

 

 

(a) which bears the monogram of the National Physical Laboratory of Great Britain ; or

 

 

(b) which the Comptroller is satisfied has been subjected to tests similar to the tests applied by the National Physical Laboratory of Great Britain and which complies as to accuracy of the scale with the requirements of the British Standard Specification for Clinical Maximum Thermometers No. 691—1936 or, where the requirements of that Standard Specification have been amended or substituted, the requirements of that Standard Specification as so amended or substituted,

 

 

a permission so granted shall be subject to the requirement that unless the thermometer passes such test as the Comptroller directs it shall be immediately re-exported or destroyed under Customs supervision

7

 Cornsacks...................

 1. The goods shall be of the following standard:—

 

 

Size—41 inches by 23 inches

Weight when baled—2¼ pounds

Substance—8 porter, 9 shot

 

 

 2. The bales containing the goods shall be plainly branded or marked with the trade name, measurement, weight, porter and shot of the cornsacks

8

 Eggs (not in shell), in liquid form, whites and yolks combined, and whites and yolks separately, when imported for use in articles of food

 A certificate to the satisfaction of the Collector from the health authority of the district in which the material is prepared that the eggs used are clean and sound, that the material is prepared and packed under such conditions as to premises and methods as are considered hygienically satisfactory and that such material is free from preservative shall be produced to the Collector


Third Schedulecontinued.

Item No.

Description of Goods.

Conditions, Restrictions and Requirements.

9

 Goods imported in any ship or aircraft which has not her certificate of registration on board

 The absence of the certificate must be accounted for to the satisfaction of the Collator

10

 Goods to which is attached the good of any plant the importation of which is prohibited under the Quarantine Act 1908-1050

 1. The goods shall not be imported unless the permission in writing of the Chief Quarantine Officer (Plants Division) of the State into which it is proposed to import them has been granted

 

 

 2. The goods shall be treated to the satisfaction of that officer for the purpose of rendering the seed ungerminative

 

 

 3. The expenses of treatment and of the supervision of treatment shall be borne by the importer

11

 Instruments for indicating specific gravity in accordance with Baumé’s scale

 The instruments shall be—

 

 

(a) marked with the temperature and modulus of standardization ; and

 

 

(b) accurate to within one sub-division of gradation

12

 Insulating electric conductors in the form of cable or flexible cord—

 1. The exterior of the cable or cord shall, at intervals of not mere than one yard along its length, bear a legible and indelible mark or marks sufficient to identify the manufacturer of the cable or cord

 

(a) designated, or, in the opinion of an officer, classifiable, as two hundred and fifty volt grade or six hundred and sixty volt grade; and

 

 

 

 2. A tag or label shall be attached to each coil or reel of cable or cord showing in respect of the cable or cord—

 

(b) of a sectional area of one square inch or less

(a) the name, registered trade name or registered mark, of the manufacturer ;

 

 

(b) its rated working voltage ;

 

 

(c) the sectional area of the conductor ;

 

 

(d) the type of insulation and protection ; and

 

 

(e) in the case of cable or cord insulated other than with vulcanized rubber, vulcanized rubber compound or Polyvinyl Chloride or Copolymer—

 

 

(i) the insulation resistance per thousand yards at sixty degrees Fahrenheit after twelve hours’ immersion in water, while still immersed, and after one minute’s electrification at five hundred volts ; and

 

 

(ii) the voltage test which the cable or cord is guaranteed to withstand

 

 

 3. The importer of the cable or cord shall satisfy an officer that the cable or cord complies with such of the conditions and requirements specified in any Approval and Test Specification of the


Third Schedulecontinued.

Item No.

Description of Roods.

Conditions, Restrictions and Requirements.

12— cont’d.

 Insulating electric conductors in the form of cable or flexible cord—continued.

Standards Association of Australia as are applicable to the cable or cord and relate to—

 

 

(a) voltage tests ;

 

 

(b) minimum insulation resistance ;

 

 

(c) dimensions, resistances and types of conductor ; and

 

 

(d) such other matters as an officer directs

 

 

 4. In the case of cable or cord to which no Approval and Test Specification of the Standards Association of Australia applies, the importer of the cable or cord shall have obtained the consent in writing of the Minister to the importation of the cable or cord

13

 Kerosene

 The kerosene shall have a flash point of not less than 73 degrees Fahrenheit

14

 Lucerne seed

 The seed shall contain mixed with it and uniformly distributed throughout its bulk not less than ten per centum of the seed which has been stained a distinct red colour by treatment with a solution of suitable red dye

15

 Manure containing calcium cyanamide or arsenic, or any other irritant poisonous sub-stance or any other similar poisonous substance in a proportion sufficient to render the manure poisonous if it comes into contact with the mucous membranes or skin of human beings or is inhaled

 1. The manure shall be so packed as to allow the packages to be handled without escape of any of the contents

 

 2. Each package shall be clearly labelled or marked with a statement indicating that the contents are—

 

(a) poisonous ; and

 

(b) that care must be taken to prevent the contents from coming into content with the mucous membranes or the skin of human beings and to prevent the possibility of inhalation

16

 Margarine and other similar butter substitutes

 1. the goods shall be coloured a distinct pink colour by the addition of alkanet root

 

 2. The packages in which the goods are imported shall be distinctly branded with the name of the contents

17

 Meat products, and cooked meat and cooked edible parts of animals contained in hermetically sealed cans or tins

 The goods shall be accompanied by an official meat inspection certificate issued by a qualified person duly appointed for the examination of meat in the country of export showing that the goods have been examined and found by ante mortem and post mortem examination to be free from disease and suitable for human consumption

18

 Money or coin of the Queen’s dominions

 The money or coin shall conform to the established standard in weight or fineness

10

 Organic compounds of lead for use in internal combustion engines

 The compounds shall be in containers built so strongly as to prevent the possibility of breakage and leakage of the contents

 

 

 2. Each container shall be clearly labelled or marked with a statement indicating—

 

 

(a) that the contents are poisonous ; and


Third Schedulecontinued.

Item No.

Description of Goods.

Conditions, Restrictions and Requirements.

19— cont’d.

 Organic compounds of load for use in internal combustion engines—continued.

 (b) that care must be taken to prevent the liquid from coming into contact with the skin of human beings and to prevent the possibility of inhalation of vapours from the liquid

20

 Petroleum and shale products having a flash point of loss than 73 degrees Fahrenheit

 1. The goods, unless imported in a tanker, shall be contained in cans, drums or packages so constructed as not to be likely to be broken in handling or to become defective or insecure while being conveyed, or to allow the goods to escape or to be unintentially opened

 

 

 2. The cans, drums and packages shall be plainly marked with the name of their contents together with the words “ Highly Inflammable ”

21

 Plumage and skins of—

 The Collector shall be satisfied that the plumage or skins are being imported for educational or scientific purposes

 

(a) Birds of Paradise, family Paradiseidae ;

 

 

(b) Humming Birds, family Trochilidae ;

 

 

(c) Pheasants, whole family Phasianidae and their hybrids;

 

 

(d) Crowned Pigeon, family Columbidae ;

 

 

(e) Any of the several species of large-crested pigeons of the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands;

 

 

(f) Owls, family Strigidae ;

 

 

(g) Kingfishers, family Alcedinidae ;

 

 

(h) Macaws, order Psittaci;

 

 

(i) Any parrot of the genus Sittace or Macrocercus ;

 

 

(j) Stork tribe, family Ciconiidae ;

 

 

(k) Heron Tribe, family Ardeidae ;

 

 

(l) Ibises and Spoonbills, family Plataleidae ;

 

 

(m) Todies, family Todidae ;

 

 

(n) Cock of the Rock, Rupicola aurantia ;

 

 

(o) Quezal, or Resplendent Trogon, Phoramacrus mocinno ; and

 

 

(p) Any members of the Grebe family (Podicipidae)

 

22

Poliomyelitis Vaccine

The importer shall produce to the Collector the permission in writing of the Director General of Health to import the goods

23

Radioactive material and substances, including Radium and Radioactive Isotopes, and articles containing radioactive material or substances

The importer shall produce to the Collector the permission in writing of the Director-General of Health to import the goods


Third Schedulecontinued.

Item No.

Description of Goods.

Conditions, Restrictions and Requirements.

24

Ships.......................

The importer shall produce to the Collector the permission in writing of the Minister of State for Shipping and Transport to import the ships

28

Snuff.......................

The goods shall be imported only in packages containing not less than ten pounds not weight, unless the Collector is satisfied—

 

 

(a) that the goods are samples ;

 

 

(b) that the goods are intended for private use by the importer ; or

 

 

(c) that the goods are surplus ships’ or aircraft’s stores,

 

 

and the goods are entered for homo consumption

26

Spirits in bulk.................

The goods shall be imported only in packages containing not less than five gallons, unless the Collector is satisfied—

 

 

(a) that the goods are samples ;

 

 

(b) that the goods are intended for private use by the importer ; or

 

 

(c) that the goods are surplus ships’ or aircraft’s stores,

 

 

and the goods are entered for home consumption

27

Spirits in cases (not being perfumed or medicinal spirits)

The goods shall be imported only in packages containing not less than two reputed gallons unless the Collector is satisfied—

 

 

(a) that the goods are samples ;

 

 

(b) that the goods are intended for private use by the importer ; or

 

 

(c) that the goods are surplus ships’ or aircraft’s stores,

 

 

and the goods are entered for home consumption

28

Tea........................

The goods shall be of the following standards of strength and purity:—

 

 

(a) the tea shall have a soluble extract of not less than thirty per centum by weight, calculated on a moisture free basis ;

 

 

(b) the total ash shall not be more than eight parts per centum ; and

 

 

(c) the soluble ash shall not be less than three parts per centum calculated on a moisture free basis

20

Thyroid and preparations containing thyroid

1. The goods shall conform with the standard constituted by the statements in the respective monographs on these substances in the British Pharmacopoeia

 

 

2. The goods shall be accompanied by a certificate, signed by or on behalf of the exporter of the goods, certifying that the goods conform with that standard

30

Tobacco whether manufactured or unmanufactured

The goods shall be imported only in packages containing not less than twenty pounds not weight, unless the Collector is satisfied—

 

 

(a) that the goods are samples;

 

 

(b) that the goods are intended for private use by the importer; or

 

 

(c) that the goods are surplus ships’ or aircraft’s stores,

 

 

and the goods are entered for home consumption


Third Schedulecontinued.

Item No.

Description of Goods.

Conditions, Restrictions and Requirements.

31

Uniforms or badges being naval, military, police or other official uniforms or badges or any uniform or badge so nearly resembling an official uniform or badge as to be calculated to deceive or any goods to which is applied a representation of an official badge

The Collector shall be satisfied that the delivery of such goods to the importer is authorized by the proper official authority of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth, as the case may be

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

Reg. 5 (1.).

Drugs the Importation of which is Prohibited unless Specified Conditions, Restrictions or Requirements are Complied With.

Item No.

Description of Drugs.

1

Coca leaves, being the leaves of any plant of the genus of the erythroxylaceae from which cocaine can be extracted either directly or by chemical transformation

2

Cocaine (including crude cocaine, being any crude extract of the coca leaf that contains cocaine) its salts and—

 

(1) ecgonine (being laevo-ecgonine and derivatives of laeve-ecgonine capable of being used for the recovery of cegonine), its salts, its esters and salts of these esters, and any preparation containing ecgonine, its salts, its esters or the salts of its esters

 

(2) solutions or dilutions of cocaine or its salts in an inert substance, whether liquid or solid, containing any proportion of cocaine

 

(3) preparations of cocaine or its salts containing more than the equivalent of one-tenth per centum of cocaine

3

Medicinal opium, being opium in any form, whether mixed with a neutral substance or not, which has undergone the processes necessary to adapt it for medicinal use

4

Morphine, its salts and—

 

(1) solutions or dilutions of morphine or its salts in an inert substance, whether liquid or solid, containing any proportion of morphine or its salts

 

(2) preparations of morphine or its salts containing more than the equivalent of one-fifth per centum of anhydrous morphine

 

(3) esters of morphine and their salts (other than diacetylmorphine and its salts) and preparations containing any of those esters or salts

 

(4) ethers of morphine, namely—

 

(i) methylmorphine (codoine) and its salts and ethylmorphine and its salts (dionine); and

 

(ii) other ethers of morphine (including benzyl-morphine) and their salts, and preparations containing any of those ethers or their salts

 

(5) acetyldihydrocodeine (acetylcodene) and its salts, dihydrocodeine (paracodine) and its salts, β-4 morpholinylethylmorphine (pholcodine) and its salts, and myristyl ester of benzylmorphine and its salts

 

(6) dihydrohydroxyeodoinone (oxycodone) and its salts (eucodal), dihydrocodeinone (hydrocodone) and its salts (dieodid), (dihydromorphinone (hydromorphone) and its salts (dilaudid), acetyldihydrocodeinone (acetyldimethylodihydrothebaine) and its salts, dihydromorphine and its salts, dihydrodesoxymorphine (desomorphine) and its salts, the estes of any of those substances, the salts of those esters, and preparations containing any of these substances, their salts, their esters or the salts of their esters


Fourth Schedulecontinued.

Item No.

Description of Drugs.

4— cont’d.

Morphine, its salts and—continued.

 

(7) morphine-N-oxide (genomorphine), the derivatives of morphine-N-oxide, any other pentavalent nitrogen morphine derivatives and preparations containing any of those substances

 

(8) thebaine and its salts, and any preparation containing thebaine or its salts

 

(9) metopon (methyldihydromorphinone) and its salts and preparations containing metopon or its salts

 

(10) 6-methyl-Δ6-desoxymorphine and its salts and preparations containing 6-methyl Δ6- desoxymorphine or its salts

 

(11) 6-methyldihydromorphine and its salts and preparations containing 6-methyldihydromorphine or its salts

 

(12) dihydrohydroxymorphinone and its salts and preparations containing dihydrohydroxymorphinone or its salts

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Raw opium, including non-medicinal, powdered and granulated forms of raw opium

6

Synthetic narcotic drugs of the following kinds:—

 

(1) pethidine, (1-methyl-4-phenylpipecidine-4-carboxylie acid ethyl ester) and its salts (Antiduol, Biphenal, Contralgin, Demerol, Dispadol, Dodonal, Dolantal, Dolantin, Dolantol, Dolaren, Dolarin, Dolatol, Dolental, Dolinal, Dolisan, Dolisina, Dolopethin, Dolosal, Dolsin, Dolvanel, Eudolat, Felidin, Gratidina, Isonipeeaine, Meperidin, Mephedine, Merperidine, Pantalgine, Pethanal, Piridosal, Precedyl, Sauteralgyl, Suppolosal) and preparations containing pethidine or its salts

 

(2) methadone (4, 4-diphenyl-6-dimethylaminoheptanone)-3 or 6-dimethylamino-4, 4-diphenyl-3-heptanone) and its salts (Adanon, Algidon, Algil, Algolysin, Amidone, Amidosan, Butalgin, Depridol, Diaminon, Dianone, Dolafin, Dolamid, Dolesona, Dolophine, Dorexol, Heptadol, Heptadon, Heptanal, Hoechst 10820, Ketalgin, Levadone, Mecodin, Mepecton, Mephenon, Miadone, Moheptan, Physeptone, Physepeptone, Polamidon, Sin-Algin, Symoron, Synthanal, Turanone) and preparations containing methadone or its salts

 

(3) phenadoxone (4, 4-diphonyl-6-morpholineheptanone-3 or 6-merpholine-4, 4-diphenyl-3-heptanone,) and its salts (Hepagin, Heptalgin, Heptalin, Heptazone) and preparations containing phenadoxone or its salts

 

(4) racemorphan and levorphan (3-hydroxy-N-methylmorphinan) and their salts (Cetarin, Dromoran, Methorphinan, NU2206, Morphinan) and preparations containing racemorphan or levorphan or their salts

 

(5) racemethorphan and levomethorphan (3-methoxy-N-methyl-morphinan) and their salts and preparations containing racemethorphan or levomethorphan or their salts

 

(6) alphaprodine (α-1, 3-dimethyl-4-phenyl-4-propionoxypiperidine) and its salts (Nisentil, Nisintil) and preparations containing alphaprodine or its salta

 

(7) betaprodine (β-1, 3-dimethyl-4-phenyl-4-propionoxypiporidine) and its salts and preparations containing betaprodine or its salts

 

(8) alphameprodine (α-l-methyl-3-ethyl-4-phenyl-4-propionoxypiperidine) and its salts and preparations containing alphamoprodine or its salts

 

(9) betameprodine (β-l-methyl-3-ethyl-4-phenyl-4-propionoxypiperidine) and its salts (NU.1932) and preparations containing betameprodine or its salts

 

(10) methadol (4, 4-diphenyl-6-dimethylaminoheptanol-3 or 6-dimethylamino-4, 4-diphcnyl-3-heptanol) and its salts and preparations containing methadol or its salts

 

(11) alphamothadol (α-6-dimethylamino-4, 4-diphenyl-3-heptanol) and its salts and preparations containing alphamethadol or its sails

 

(12) betamethadol (β-6-dimethylamino-4, 4-diphenyl-3-heptanol) and its salts and preparations containing betamethadol or its salts


Fourth Schedulecontinued.

Item No.

Description of Drugs.

6— cont’d.

Synthetic narcotic drugs—continued.

 

(13) bemidone (hydroxypethidine)

(l-methyl-4-(3-hydroxy-phenyl)-piperidine-4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester or 1-methyl-4-metahydroxyphenylpiperidine-4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester) and its salts and preparations containing bemidone or its salts

 

(14) isomethadone (4, 4-diphenyl-5- methyl-6- dimethyl-aminohexanone-3 or 6-dimethylamino-6-methyl-4, 4- diphenyl-3-hexanone) and its salts (isoamidone) and preparations containing isomethadone or its salts

 

(15) methadyl acetate (acetyl-methadol) (4, 4-diphenyl- 6-dimethylamino-3-acetoxyheptane or 6-dimethylamino-4, 4-diphenyl-3-acetoxy-heptane) and it salts and preparations containing methadyl acetate or its salts

 

(16) alpha-acetylmethadol (α-6-dimethylamino-4, 4-diphenyl-3-acetoxy-heptane) and its salts and preparations containing alpha-acetylmethadol or its salts

 

(17) beta-acetylmethadol (β-6-dimethylamino-4, 4-diphenyl-3-acetoxyheptane) and its salts and preparations containing beta-acetylmethadol or its salts

 

(18) ethylmethylthiambutene (3-ethylmethylamino-1, 1-di-(2’-thienyl)-1-butene) and its salts and preparations containing ethylmethyl-thiambutene or its salts

 

(19) dimethylthiambutene (3-dimethylamino-1, 1-di-(2’-thienyl)-1-butene) and its salts and preparations containing dimethylthiambutene or its salts

 

(20) diethylthiambutene (3-diethylamino-1, 1-di-(2’-thienyl)-1-butene) and its salts (Themalon) and preparations containing diethylthiambutene or its salts

 

(21) 4, 4-diphenyl-6-piporidino-3-heptanone and its salts and preparations containing 4, 4-diphenyl-6-piperidino-3-heptanone or its salts

 

(22) isopropyl ester and other esters of laevo-ecgonine-methyl-4-phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylic acid and their salts and preparations containing the isopropyl ester or other esters of 1-methyl-4-phenylpiperidino-4-carboxylic acid or their salts

 

(23) 4, 4-diphenyl-6-dimethylamino-3-hexanone and its salts and preparations containing 4,4-diphenyl-6-dimethylamino-3-hexanone or its salts

 

(24) 1, 3-dimethyl-4-phenyl-4-propionoxyhexamethyleneimine and its salts and preparations containing 1, 3-dimethyl-4-phenyl-4-propionoxyhexamethyleneimine or its salts

 

(25) 3-hydroxy-N-phenethylmorphinan and its salts and preparations containing 3-hydroxy-N-phenethylmorphinan or its salts

 

(26) 4-morpholino-2, 2-diphenyl ethyl butyrate and its salts and preparations containing 4-morpholino-2, 2-diphenyl ethyl butyrate or its salts

 

(27) 4-dimethylamino-1, 2-diphenyl-3-methyl-2-propionoxybutane and its salts

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Any drug of whatever kind which is or is likely to be productive, if improperly used, or is capable of being converted into a substance which is or is likely to be productive, if improperly used, of ill effects substantially of the same character or nature as, or analogous to, those produced by morphine or cocaine

FIFTH SCHEDULE.

Reg. 7.

Statutory Rules Repealed.

Statutory Rules 1934, No. 152.

Statutory Rules 1935, No 19.

Statutory Rules 1936, No. 18.

Statutory Rules 1936, No. 38.

Statutory Rules 1936, No. 59.


Fifth Schedulecontinued.

Statutory Rules 1936, No. 60.

Statutory Rules 1936, No. 80.

Statutory Rules 1936, No. 92.

Statutory Rules 1936, No. 97.

Statutory Rules 1936, No. 104.

Statutory Rules 1936, No. 136.

Statutory Rules 1936, No. 102.

Statutory Rules 1936, No. 100.

Statutory Rules 1937, No. 2.

Statutory Rules 1938, No. 7.

Statutory Rules 1938, No. 40.

Statutory Rules 1938, No. 49.

Statutory Rules 1938, No. 72.

Statutory Rules 1938, No. 85.

Statutory Rules 1939, No. 9.

Statutory Rules 1939, No. 22.

Statutory Rules 1939, No. 37.

Statutory Rules 1939, No. 138.

Statutory Rules 1939, No. 161.

Statutory Rules 1940, No. 146.

Statutory Rules 1940, No. 108.

Statutory Rules 1940, No. 210.

Statutory Rules 1941, No. 84.

Statutory Rules 1942, No. 323.

Statutory Rules 1943, No. 11.

Statutory Rules 1945, No. 34.

Statutory Rules 1945, No. 144.

Statutory Rules 1946, No. 59.

Statutory Rules 1946, No. 77.

Statutory Rules 1946, No. 169.

Statutory Rules 1947, No. 66.

Statutory Rules 1947, No. 81.

Statutory Rules 1947, No. 119.

Statutory Rules 1947, No. 164.

Statutory Rules 1948, No. 35.

Statutory Rules 1948, No. 145.

Statutory Rules 1949, No. 18.

Statutory Rules 1949, No. 87.

Statutory Rules 1949, No. 94.

Statutory Rules 1951, No. 5.

Statutory Rules 1951, No. 75.

Statutory Rules 1951, No. 141.

Statutory Rules 1952, No. 114.

Statutory Rules 1953, No. 10.

Statutory Rules 1953, No. 56.

Statutory Rules 1953, No. 77.

Statutory Rules 1956, No. 40.

By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra