Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) In this Division:
"1988 Convention" has the same meaning as Convention has in the Crimes (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act 1990 .
"active principle" includes an active isomer or a mixture of isomers of a drug.
"authorised person" means an officer of the Department authorised in writing by the Secretary for the regulation in which the expression appears.
"Department" means the Department administered by the Minister administering the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 .
"derivative" means a substance chemically derived from a drug or from which a drug may be regenerated, including a salt.
"drug" means a narcotic drug or a psychotropic substance, including a chemical or compound and a plant or a part of a plant, but not including a preparation that is a narcotic preparation within the meaning of Schedule 3 to the Single Convention.
"narcotic drug" means a drug that is a drug for the purposes of the Single Convention.
"precursor substance" means a substance mentioned in Schedule 9.
"psychotropic substance" means a substance that is a psychotropic substance for the purposes of the Psychotropic Substances Convention, including a preparation within the meaning of that Convention.
"Psychotropic Substances Convention" means the Convention on Psychotropic Substances that was adopted and opened for signature at Vienna on 21 February 1971.
"Schedule 8 drug" means a drug mentioned in Schedule 8.
"Secretary" means the Secretary to the Department.
"the Single Convention" has the same meaning as the Convention has in the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 .
(2) For this Division, an item in Schedule 8 is taken to include the name, in addition to the name of the drug specified in the item, of each substance that is a drug because it is:
(a) an active principle or derivative of the drug the name of which is specified in the item; or
(b) a derivative of an active principle, the name of which is specified in the item.
(3) For this Division, goods (including goods in the form of a preparation, mixture or solution) that do not consist wholly of a drug but consist in part of, or contain, a drug, are taken to consist of the drug.