Version No. 001
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Precursor Chemicals) Regulations 2017
S.R. No. 76/2017
Version as at
21 July 2017
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation Page
1 Objective 1
2 Authorising provision 1
3 Commencement 1
4 Revocation 1
5 Definition 1
6 Prescribed precursor chemicals 2
7 Prescribed quantities of prescribed precursor chemicals 2
Schedule 1—Precursor chemicals and quantities 3
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Endnotes 8
1 General information 8
2 Table of Amendments 10
3 Amendments Not in Operation 11
4 Explanatory details 12
Version No. 001
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Precursor Chemicals) Regulations 2017
S.R. No. 76/2017
Version as at
21 July 2017
1 Objective
The objective of these Regulations is to prescribe precursor chemicals and the quantities of precursor chemicals for the purpose of section 71D of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981.
2 Authorising provision
These Regulations are made under section 132 of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981.
3 Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on
21 July 2017.
4 Revocation
The Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Precursor Chemicals) Regulations 2007[1] are revoked.
5 Definition
In these Regulations—
precursor chemical means a substance (including its salts, derivatives, isomers, analogues and homologues) that may be used in the preparation of a drug of dependence, whether or not the substance is contained in, or mixed with, another substance.
6 Prescribed precursor chemicals
For the purpose of section 71D of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981, a substance specified in Column 1 of Schedule 1 is a prescribed precursor chemical.
7 Prescribed quantities of prescribed precursor chemicals
For the purpose of section 71D of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981, the prescribed quantity applicable to a prescribed precursor chemical specified in Column 1 of Schedule 1 is the quantity specified in relation to that chemical in Column 2 of that Schedule.
Schedule 1—Precursor chemicals and quantities
Regulation 6 and 7
| Column 1<br>Prescribed precursor chemical | Column 2<br>Quantity of mixture of substance and prescribed precursor chemical |
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| Acetaldehyde | 50 grams |
| Acetic anhydride | 100 grams |
| ACETOPHENONE | 50 grams |
| ACETOPHENONE oxime | 50 grams |
| N-Acetylanthranilic acid | 500 grams |
| N-Acetylephedrine | 25 grams |
| N-Acetylpseudoephedrine | 25 grams |
| Allylbenzene | 25 grams |
| Allylpyrocatechol | 10 grams |
| Alpha-phenylacetoacetonitrile | 50 grams |
| 4-Amino-butanoic acid | 150 grams |
| Ammonia | 150 grams |
| Ammonium formate | 50 grams |
| anethole | 10 grams |
| Anthranilic acid | 500 grams |
| Benzaldehyde | 50 grams |
| 1,3-Benzodioxole | 25 grams |
| benzoquinone | 10 grams |
| Benzyl bromide | 50 grams |
| Benzyl chloride | 50 grams |
| Boron tribromide | 25 grams |
| Bromobenzene | 50 grams |
| 5-Bromo-1,3-benzodioxole | 25 grams |
| Bromo safrole | 5 grams |
| Calcium | 25 grams |
| chloroephedrine | 25 grams |
| 1-Chlorophenyl-2-aminopropane | 25 grams |
| chloropseudoephedrine | 25 grams |
| Chromic acid | 10 grams |
| Chromium trioxide | 10 grams |
| Ephedrine | 25 grams |
| Ergometrine | 0·005 grams |
| Ergotamine | 0·5 grams |
| Ethanamine | 50 grams |
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Endnotes
1 General information
See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.
The Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Precursor Chemicals) Regulations 2017, S.R. No. 76/2017 were made on 18 July 2017 by the Governor in Council under section 132 of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981, No. 9719/1981 and came into operation on 21 July 2017: regulation 3.
The Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Precursor Chemicals) Regulations 2017 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 18 July 2027 (see section 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994).
INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)
Style changes
Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.
References to ILA s. 39B
Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided regulation, rule or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subregulations, subrules or subclauses the original regulation, rule or clause becomes subregulation, subrule or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original regulation, rule or clause.
Interpretation
As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:
• Headings
All headings included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any heading inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.
This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; Orders; Parts into which an Order is divided; clauses; regulations; rules; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.
See section 36(1A)(2A)(2B).
• Examples, diagrams or notes
All examples, diagrams or notes included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Statutory Rule. See section 36(3A).
• Punctuation
All punctuation included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 January 2001 forms part of that Statutory Rule. Any punctuation inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.
See section 36(3B).
• Provision numbers
All provision numbers included in a Statutory Rule form part of that Statutory Rule, whether inserted in the Statutory Rule before, on or after
1 January 2001. Provision numbers include regulation numbers, rule numbers, subregulation numbers, subrule numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).
• Location of "legislative items"
A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of a Statutory Rule is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.
• Other material
Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of a Statutory Rule. See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).
2 Table of Amendments
There are no amendments made to the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Precursor Chemicals) Regulations 2017 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.
3 Amendments Not in Operation
There are no amendments which were Not in Operation at the date of this publication.
4 Explanatory details
- Reg. 4: S.R. No. 84/2007. ↑