Customs (Prohibited Imports) (Kava) Approval 2019
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Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia
Customs (Prohibited Imports) (Kava) Approval 2019
I, Jason Wood, Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Home Affairs, make the following approval.
Dated 13 December 2019
Jason Wood
Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural Affairs Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Home Affairs
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Approval of importation of kava
1 Name
This instrument is the Customs (Prohibited Imports) (Kava) Approval 2019.
2 Commencement
(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.
- Commencement information
- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
- Provisions Commencement Date/Details
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- The whole of this instrument The later of:(a) the start of the day after this instrument is registered; and(b) the commencement of the Customs Legislation Amendment (Prohibited Exports and Imports) Regulations 2019. 17 December 2019
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.
(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.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under subregulation 5(3) of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956.
4 Approval of importation of kava
The importation into Australia of kava is approved if the drug:
(a) is imported in any of the following forms:
(i) kava root;
(ii) dried kava;
(iii) a beverage that is made from the aqueous suspension of kava root in cold water only; and
(b) is imported by a person who is 18 years old or older; and
(c) does not exceed an amount of 4 kilograms; and
(d) is imported as accompanied personal effects of the person as a passenger on board a ship or aircraft.