9ADefinitions for Division 2

#### 9A Definitions for Division 2 (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.