Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
"adjustable stock" has the meaning given in subregulation 4F(4).
"asbestos" has the same meaning as in the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011 .
"Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code" has the same meaning as in the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 .
"Australian Standard" means a standard approved for publication on behalf of the Council of the Standards Association of Australia, being the association of that name incorporated by Royal Charter.
"Australian Wool Exchange" means the Australian Wool Exchange Limited ACN 061 495 565.
"Australian Wool Exchange Standard" means a standard published by the Australian Wool Exchange.
"British Standard" means a standard issued by the British Standards Institution established under Royal Charter.
"component of ammunition" has the meaning given in subregulation 4F(4).
"detachable stock" has the meaning given in subregulation 4F(4).
"electro-shock cartridge" has the meaning given in subregulation 4F(4).
"encapsulator" has the meaning given by subregulation 4G(7).
"firearm" has the meaning given in subregulation 4F(4).
"firearm accessory" has the meaning given in subregulation 4F(4).
"firearm magazine" has the meaning given in subregulation 4F(4).
"firearm part" has the meaning given in subregulation 4F(4).
"flash point" means the temperature at which petroleum and shale products (including kerosene) give off an inflammable vapor upon being tested by the Abel Pensky closed test apparatus.
"folding stock" has the meaning given in subregulation 4F(4).
"handgun" has the meaning given in subregulation 4F(4).
"imitation" has the meaning given by subregulation 4F(4).
"International Tonnage Certificate (1969)" means a certificate in the form of the International Tonnage Certificate (1969) set out in Annex II to the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969.
"IUPAC name" means a designation attributed to a chemical by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, being a designation contained in International Standard ISO 1750--1981: Pesticides and Agrochemicals--Common Names, Published at Geneva by the International Standards Organisation in 1981.
"kava" means a plant or part of a plant of the species Piper methysticum or a preparation obtained from the plant or part of the plant.
"mercury" means elemental mercury (Hg(0), CAS No. 7439 - 97 - 6), and includes mixtures of mercury (including alloys of mercury) with a mercury concentration of at least 95% by weight, but does not include non - Minamata mercury.
"Minamata Convention" means the Minamata Convention on Mercury done at Minamata on 10 October 2013, as in force for Australia at the commencement of this definition.
Note: The Convention could in 2021 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
"non-Minamata mercury" means any of the following:
(a) mercury to be used for laboratory - scale research or as a reference standard;
(b) naturally occurring trace quantities of mercury present in:
(i) products such as non - mercury metals, ores or mineral products (including coal); or
(ii) products derived from the products mentioned in subparagraph (i);
(c) unintentional trace quantities of mercury in chemical products.
"poppy straw" means any part (other than the seeds) of either of the following:
(a) a plant of the species Papaver somniferum (otherwise known as opium poppy);
(b) a plant of the species Papaver bracteatum .
"security sensitive ammonium nitrate" means any of the following:
(b) an emulsion that is made up of more than 45 per cent ammonium nitrate;
(c) a mixture that is made up of more than 45 per cent ammonium nitrate;
but does not include ammonium nitrate in solution.
"tablet press" has the meaning given by subregulation 4G(7).
"the Act" means the Customs Act 1901 .
"therapeutic substance" means a substance, including a mixture or compound of substances, that has a therapeutic use and includes a surgical ligature, suture or dressing, but does not include a vaccine prepared from microscopic organisms from the body of a person or animal for use in the treatment of that person or animal only.
"therapeutic use" means a use for the purpose of:
(a) the preventing, diagnosing, curing or alleviating of a disease, ailment, defect or injury in persons or animals;
(b) the influencing, inhibiting or modifying of a physiological process in persons or animals; or
(c) the testing of the susceptibility of persons or animals to a disease or ailment.
"Work Health and Safety Minister" means the Minister administering the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 .
(3) For the purposes of these Regulations:
(a) a reference to a British Standard published on a date specified in these Regulations shall be read as a reference to such British Standard published by the British Standards Institution on that date; and
(b) where a British Standard refers to another instrument, that instrument shall be deemed to be incorporated with, and form part of, the British Standard.
(4) For the purposes of these Regulations:
(a) a reference to an Australian Standard, or a Part of an Australian Standard, published on a date specified in these Regulations shall be read as a reference to the Australian Standard, or the Part of an Australian Standard, as the case requires, approved for publication on that date; and
(b) where an Australian Standard refers to another instrument, that instrument shall be deemed to be incorporated with, and form part of, the Australian Standard.
(5) For the purposes of these Regulations:
(a) a reference to an Australian Wool Exchange Standard published on a date specified in these Regulations is taken to include a reference to the Australian Wool Exchange Standard approved for publication on that date; and
(b) if an Australian Wool Exchange Standard refers to another
instrument, that instrument is taken to be incorporated with, and form part
of, the Australian Wool Exchange Standard.