Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Drugs
of Dependence - Synthetic Cannabinoids and Other
Substances) Regulations 2015
S.R. No. 124/2015
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation
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Page
Objective
Authorising provision
Commencement
Revocation
Prescribed drugs of dependence
Expiry
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Endnotes
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STATUTORY RULES 2015
S.R. No. 124/2015
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Drugs
of Dependence - Synthetic Cannabinoids and Other
Substances) Regulations 2015
The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 27th October 2015
Responsible Minister:
MARTIN FOLEY
Minister for Mental Health
MATTHEW McBEATH
Clerk of the Executive Council
1 Objective
The objective of these Regulations is to prescribe
synthetic cannabinoids as drugs of dependence for
the purposes of the Drugs, Poisons and
Controlled Substances Act 1981.
2 Authorising provision
These Regulations are made under section 132AA
of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled
Substances Act 1981.
3 Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on
27 October 2015.
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4 Revocation
The Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances
(Drugs of Dependence - Synthetic Cannabinoids)
Regulations 20141 are revoked.
5 Prescribed drugs of dependence
For the purposes of paragraph (ba) of the
definition of drug of dependence in section 4(1)
of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled
Substances Act 1981—
(a) a substance specified in Column 1 of the
Table to this regulation is a drug of
dependence included in Part 3 of
Schedule Eleven to that Act; and
(b) for the purposes of Part 3 of Schedule Eleven
to that Act, the specified quantities of that
drug for the purposes of Columns 1A to 4 of
that Part of that Schedule are the quantities
in Columns 1A to 4 of the Table to this
regulation in relation to that drug that
correspond to the relevant column of that
Part of that Schedule.
TABLE
Column 1
Column 1A
Column 1B
Column 2
Column 2A
Column 2B
Column 3
Column 3A
Drug
(Large
Commercial
Quantity)
(Large
Commercial
Quantity)
(Commercial
Quantity)
(Commercial
Quantity)
(Automatic
Forfeiture
Quantity)
(Traffickable
Quantity)
(Traffickable (Small
Quantity)
Quantity)
Column 4
Quantity
Quantity of
mixture of
substance and
drug of
dependence
Quantity
Quantity of
mixture of
substance and
drug of
dependence
Quantity
Quantity of
mixture of
substance and
drug of
dependence
Quantity
Quantity
N-[1-(AMINOCARBONYL)-2METHYLPROPYL]-1PENTYLINDAZOLE-3CARBOXAMIDE (common
name AB-PINACA)
10·0 kg
1·0 kg
3·0 g
1·0 g
N-[1-(AMINOCARBONYL)-2METHYLPROPYL]-1(CYCLOHEXYLMETHYL)
INDAZOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDE
(common name
AB-CHMINACA)
10·0 kg
1·0 kg
3·0 g
1·0 g
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Column 1
Column 1A
Column 1B
Column 2
Column 2A
Column 2B
Column 3
Column 3A
Drug
(Large
Commercial
Quantity)
(Large
Commercial
Quantity)
(Commercial
Quantity)
(Commercial
Quantity)
(Automatic
Forfeiture
Quantity)
(Traffickable
Quantity)
(Traffickable (Small
Quantity)
Quantity)
Column 4
Quantity
Quantity of
mixture of
substance and
drug of
dependence
Quantity
Quantity of
mixture of
substance and
drug of
dependence
Quantity
Quantity of
mixture of
substance and
drug of
dependence
Quantity
Quantity
N-[1-(METHOXYCARBONYL)2,2-DIMETHYLPROPYL]-1(CYCLOHEXYLMETHYL)
INDOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDE
(common name MMBCHMINACA)
10·0 kg
1·0 kg
3·0 g
1·0 g
N-[1-(AMINOCARBONYL)-2METHYLPROPYL]-1-[(4FLUOROPHENYL)
METHYL]-INDAZOLE-3CARBOXAMIDE (common
name AB-FUBINACA)
10·0 kg
1·0 kg
3·0 g
1·0 g
3·0 g
1·0 g
3,4-DICHLORO-N-([1(DIMETHYLAMINO)
CYCLOHEXYL]METHYL)
BENZAMIDE (common
name AH-7921)
750·0 g
1·0 kg
250·0 g
500·0 g
30·0 g
INDAZOLE-3CARBOXAMIDES whether or
not with any modification on the
indazole or amide nitrogens,
whether or not further modified
on the indazole ring
10·0 kg
1·0 kg
3·0 g
1·0 g
INDOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDES
with any modification on the
indole or amide nitrogens,
whether or not further modified
on the indole ring
10·0 kg
1·0 kg
3·0 g
1·0 g
3·0 g
1·0 g
N-[(1-AMINOCYCLOHEXYL)
METHYL]BENZAMIDES,
including those with any
modification on the aminoand/or amido-nitrogens, whether
or not further modified on the
aromatic or cyclohexyl rings
750·0 g
1·0 kg
250·0 g
500·0 g
30·0 g
6 Expiry
These Regulations expire on 25 October 2016.
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Endnotes
Endnotes
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Reg. 4: S.R. No. 195/2014.
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