{"id":"F2024L00383","name":"Australian Border Force (Prohibited Drugs) Instrument 2024","slug":"australian-border-force-prohibited-drugs-instrument-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442346,"registerId":"F2024L00383-fast-fetch-1775957371000","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Australian Border Force (Prohibited Drugs) Instrument 2024","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nLIN23/057\n\n \n\nAustralian Border Force (Prohibited Drugs) Instrument 2024\n\nI, STEPHANIE FOSTER, Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs, make the following instrument.\n\nDated        22 March 2024\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nSTEPHANIE FOSTER\n\nSecretary of the Department of Home Affairs\n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Prohibited drugs\n\n6  Repeal\n\nSchedule 1—Prescribed Prohibited Drugs\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Australian Border Force (Prohibited Drugs) Instrument 2024.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of the instrument. The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subsection 4(3) of the Australian Border Force Act 2015.\n\nNote: Subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 provides that, where an Act confers a power to make, grant or issue any instrument of a legislative or administrative character (including rules, regulations or by‑laws) the power shall be construed as including a power exercisable in the like manner and subject to the like conditions (if any) to repeal, rescind, revoke, amend, or vary any such instrument.\n\n4  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Australian Border Force Act 2015.\n\nprohibited drug has the same meaning as in subsection 4(1) of the Act.\n\n5  Prohibited drugs\n\n  For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of prohibited drug in subsection 4(1) of the Act, each of the drugs mentioned in an item in Schedule 1 is prescribed.\n\n6  Repeal\n\n  The whole of the Specification of Prohibited Drugs No. 1 of 2014 is repealed.\n\nSchedule 1—Prescribed Prohibited Drugs\n\n1  List of Prescribed Prohibited Drugs\n\n (Section 5)\n\n \n\n- Prohibited Drugs\n- Column 1Item Column 2Drug\n- 1 Alprazolam\n- 2 Bromazepam\n- 3 Brotizolam\n- 4 Camazepam\n- 5 Clobazam\n- 6 Clonazepam\n- 7 Clotiazepam\n- 8 Cloxazolam\n- 9 Delorazepam\n- 10 Diazepam\n- 11 Estazolam\n- 12 Fludiazepam\n- 13 Flunitrazepam\n- 14 Flurazepam\n- 15 Halazepam\n- 16 Haloxazolam\n- 17 Ketazolam\n- 18 Loprazolam\n- 19 Lorazepam\n- 20 Lormetazepam\n- 21 Medazepam\n- 22 Midazolam\n- 23 Nimetazepam\n- 24 Nitrazepam\n- 25 Nordazepam\n- 26 Oxazepam\n- 27 Oxazolam\n- 28 Pinazepam\n- 29 Prazepam\n- 30 Propiram\n- 31 Temazepam\n- 32 Tetrazepam\n- 33 Triazolam\n- 34 Erythropoietin\n- 35 Natural and manufactured gonadotrophins, including menotrophins, Follicle Stimulating Hormone, Luteinising Hormone and Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin.\n- 36 Natural and manufactured growth hormones, including somatropin, somatrem, somatomedins and insulin-like growth factors (not insulins) and growth hormone releasing hormones (somatorelin and synthetic analogues).\n- 37 Anabolic or androgenic substances\n\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The instrument repeals the Specification of Prohibited Drugs No. 1 of 2014 and replaces it with the drugs listed in Schedule 1; therefore the operative scope of which substances are 'prohibited drugs' for ABF purposes is now defined by this Schedule. The instrument itself does not state which items (if any) differ from the 2014 specification; comparison to the repealed instrument is required to identify specific changes."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-reference to the Australian Border Force Act 2015 for the operative definition of 'prohibited drug' (requires reading two instruments together).","List-based instrument: many specific chemical/drug names (items 1–33) that require pharmaceutical or forensic expertise to identify in real-world consignments.","Presence of broad category entries (items 35–37: gonadotrophins, growth hormones, anabolic/androgenic substances) creates interpretive scope about which products are captured.","Repeal of the 2014 Specification means users must compare lists to determine what changed (administrative burden for regulated parties).","Made by the Secretary under subsection 4(3) of the Act — administrative instrument rather than primary legislation, so legal effect depends on statutory delegation.","Commencement mechanics (the instrument commences the day after registration) are simple but require stakeholders to track registration timing."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument prescribes a list of drugs that the Australian Border Force will treat as “prohibited drugs” under the Australian Border Force Act 2015 and repeals the earlier Specification of Prohibited Drugs No. 1 of 2014. It affects travellers, importers, medical suppliers and ABF officers by defining which substances are controlled at the border; compliance requires avoiding importation of these listed drugs except where the law permits, and ABF officers enforce the list against arrivals and consignments."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly the function intended by the empowering provision (subsection 4(3) of the Australian Border Force Act 2015): specifying which drugs are prohibited for ABF personnel. It replaces an earlier instrument of the same type without expanding beyond this specific purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 6 sections plus a schedule)","Only 2 defined terms ('Act' and 'prohibited drug')","Simple structure: definitions, operative provision (section 5), repeal, and schedule","No cross-references beyond the empowering Act and basic interpretation provisions","Schedule contains a straightforward table list with no conditions, exceptions, or nested logic","Single operative mechanism: 'each of the drugs mentioned in an item in Schedule 1 is prescribed'"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument replaces the outdated 2014 list with a new schedule of 37 drugs that Australian Border Force officers are prohibited from using, affecting ABF personnel and the Department of Home Affairs’ drug-testing and employment arrangements.  \n\nIt mainly bans a range of benzodiazepines and several performance‑enhancing agents (e.g. EPO, growth hormones, anabolic steroids) to protect officer safety, judgment and integrity under powers in the Australian Border Force Act 2015."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/australian-border-force-prohibited-drugs-instrument-2024","history":"/api/acts/australian-border-force-prohibited-drugs-instrument-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/australian-border-force-prohibited-drugs-instrument-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/australian-border-force-prohibited-drugs-instrument-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/australian-border-force-prohibited-drugs-instrument-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/australian-border-force-prohibited-drugs-instrument-2024/documents"}}