Customs Act 1901

PART IV - THE IMPORTATION OF GOODS  

Division 1 - Prohibited Imports  

SECTION 51A   CERTAIN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES TAKEN TO BE PROHIBITED IMPORTS  

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51A(1)    

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This section applies if a substance or plant is a border controlled drug, a border controlled plant or a border controlled precursor because of a determination made under Subdivision C of Division 301 of the Criminal Code (which deals with emergency Ministerial determinations of serious drugs and precursors).

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Border controlled drug , border controlled plant and border controlled precursor have the same meaning as in Part 9.1 of the Criminal Code (see subsection 4(1) of this Act). In that Part, those terms include substances or plants that are, under Subdivision C of Division 301 of the Criminal Code , taken, for the purposes of the Part, to be border controlled drugs, border controlled plants or border controlled precursors only in relation to particular offences against the Part, or particular elements of those offences.

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History

S 51A(1) substituted by No 98 of 2023, s 3 and Sch 2 item 18, effective 28 November 2023.

S 51A(1) amended by No 103 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 1 item 74, effective 29 June 2013.

S 51A(1) amended by No 167 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 1 item 20, applicable in relation to offences against Part 9.1 of the Criminal Code that are committed on or after 29 May 2013.

51A(2)    
For the period during which the determination has effect, Schedule 4 to the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 has effect as if the substance or plant were described as a drug in that Schedule.

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History

S 51A inserted by No 129 of 2005, s 3, Sch 1, Pt 2, item 30, effective 6 December 2005.

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