Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES ACT 1976 No. 87, 1976 - SECT 3

3. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-

''Australia'', when used in a geographical sense, includes the external
Territories;

''Collector'' has the same meaning as in the Customs Act 1901;

''Commission'' means the Commission on Narcotic Drugs of the Economic and
Social Council of the United Nations;

''Convention'' means the Convention on Psychotropic Substances that was
adopted and opened for signature at Vienna on 21 February 1971 the text of
which is set forth in the Schedule and includes that Convention as amended
from time to time in relation to Australia;

''export authorization'' means an export authorization issued by or on behalf
of the Government of a country in pursuance of the Convention or in pursuance
of a law of that country giving effect to the Convention in so far as it
relates to the exportation of goods;

''preparation'' means-

   (a)  a solution or mixture, in whatever physical state, containing a
        psychotropic substance or 2 or more psychotropic substances; or

   (b)  a psychotropic substance, or 2 or more psychotropic substances, in
        dosage form;

''psychotropic substance'' means a Schedule I substance or a Schedule II
substance;

''psychotropic preparation'' means a preparation other than a preparation
declared by the regulations to be an exempt preparation;

''Schedule I substance'' means-

   (a)  a substance or natural material that is specified in the list of
        substances and natural materials contained in Schedule I to the
        Convention in the form in which that Schedule appears in the Schedule
        to this Act other than a substance or material that is declared by the
        regulations to be deemed to have been deleted from that list; or

   (b)  a substance or natural material that is declared by the regulations to
        be deemed to have been added to that list;

and

''Schedule II substance'' means-

        (i)    a substance or natural material that is specified in the list
               of substances and natural materials contained in Schedule II to
               the Convention in the form in which that Schedule appears in
               the Schedule to this Act other than a substance or material
               that is declared by the regulations to be deemed to have been
               deleted from that list; or

        (ii)   a substance or material that is declared by the regulations to
               be deemed to have been added to that list.