Contents

Part I--Preliminary                                                                                                               1

1............ Short title [see Note 1]........................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1].............................................................. 1

3............ General administration of certain provisions....................................... 1

4............ Interpretation....................................................................................... 1

5............ Communications from the United Nations effecting amendments of Convention    3

6............ Ministers etc. to have regard to Convention........................................ 3

7............ Inconsistency with State and Territory laws........................................ 3

8............ Provisional application of Act to substances....................................... 3

8A......... Application of the Criminal Code....................................................... 4

Part II--Licensing of manufacturers etc.                                                                5

9............ Licence to manufacture........................................................................ 5

10.......... Revocation of licences......................................................................... 5

11.......... Permits to manufacture........................................................................ 6

12.......... Directions with respect to security of premises and handling of narcotic materials  6

13.......... Directions with respect to manufacturing and labelling of drugs......... 7

14.......... Directions inconsistent with condition of licence................................ 8

14A....... Review of certain decisions by Administrative Appeals Tribunal....... 8

Part III--Offences in relation to drugs                                                                      9

15.......... Manufacturing of drugs to be in accordance with licence.................... 9

16.......... Manufacturers to comply with permits................................................ 9

17.......... Licensed manufacturers to comply with directions under section 12 and paragraph 13(1)(a)   9

18.......... Labelling of drugs etc........................................................................ 10

19.......... Destruction etc. of drugs etc. by licensed manufacturers................... 10

20.......... Punishment of offences..................................................................... 10

21.......... Forfeiture.......................................................................................... 11

Part IV--Miscellaneous                                                                                                     12

22.......... Drugs passing through Australia...................................................... 12

23.......... Manufacturers and wholesale dealers to keep records and furnish reports               12

24.......... Inspection of manufacturer's premises etc........................................ 13

25.......... Delegation......................................................................................... 14

26.......... Service of notices.............................................................................. 15

27.......... Regulations...................................................................................... 15

First Schedule--Single Convention On Narcotic Drugs, 1961                  16

The Parties,...................................................................................................... 16

Second Schedule--Communication of the Secretary-General of the United Nations dated 11 December, 1964                                                                                                                            55

Notes                                                                                                                                              59

 

 

  

Notes to the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967

Note 1

The Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 53, 1967 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 17 September 2001 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Narcotic Drugs Act 1967	53, 1967	30 May 1967	1 Jan 1968 (see Gazette 1967, p. 7053)
Statute Law Revision Act 1973	216, 1973	19 Dec 1973	31 Dec 1973	Ss. 9(1) and 10
Narcotic Drugs Amendment Act 1976	176, 1976	13 Dec 1976	1 Feb 1977 (see Gazette 1977, No. S8)	Ss. 18 and 19
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1982	80, 1982	22 Sept 1982	Part LXXVII (s. 280): Royal Assent (a)	S. 280(2) and (3)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1984	165, 1984	25 Oct 1984	S. 3: 13 Dec 1984 (see Gazette 1984, No. S519) (b)	Ss. 2(32), 6(1) and 9
Customs Administration (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1985	39, 1985	29 May 1985	10 June 1985 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1985, No. S194)	S. 4
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985	65, 1985	5 June 1985	S. 3: 3 July 1985 (c)	--
Customs Administration (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1986	10, 1986	13 May 1986	13 May 1986	Ss. 2(2) and 4
Customs, Excise and Bounty Legislation Amendment Act 1995	85, 1995	1July 1995	S. 18 and Schedule 9 (items 81-84): Royal Assent (d)	S. 18
Health and Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001	111, 2001	17 Sept 2001	17 Sept 2001	S. 4 [see Table A]
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Amendment Act 2005	38, 2005	1 Apr 2005	Schedule 1 (item 228): 16 May 2005	--
Statute Law Revision Act 2008	73, 2008	3 July 2008	Schedule 4 (items 390-392): 4 July 2008	--
Statute Law Revision Act 2011	5, 2011	22 Mar 2011	Schedule 5 (items 127-140), Schedule 6 (item 69) and Schedule 7 (item 97): 19 Apr 2011	--

(a)     The Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 was amended by Part LXXVII (section 280) only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1982, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Sections 1, 2, 166 and 195 and Parts III, VI, VII, XVI, XXXVI, XLIV, LI, LIII, LIV, LXI and LXXVII shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(b)     The Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1984, subsection 2(29) of which provides that section 9 and the amendments made to the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 shall come into operation on the day fixed by Proclamation for the purposes of subsection 2(20) of that Act.

(c)     The Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(d)     The Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 was amended by the Customs, Excise and Bounty Legislation Amendment Act 1995, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to subsections (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part I
S. 3......................................	rep. No. 216, 1973
	ad. No. 39, 1985
	am. No. 85, 1995
S. 4......................................	am. No. 176, 1976; No. 165, 1984; No. 85, 1995; No. 5, 2011
S. 5......................................	am. No. 176, 1976
S. 6......................................	am. No. 176, 1976; No. 80, 1982; No. 165, 1984; No. 65, 1985; No. 85, 1995; No. 73, 2008; No. 5, 2011
S. 7......................................	am. No. 216, 1973; No. 176, 1976
S. 8A...................................	ad. No. 111, 2001
Part II
S. 9......................................	am. No. 176, 1976; No. 73, 2008; No. 5, 2011
S. 10....................................	am. No. 176, 1976; No. 5, 2011
S. 11....................................	am. No. 176, 1976; No. 165, 1984; No. 73, 2008
S. 12....................................	rs. No. 176, 1976
	am. No. 85, 1995; No. 73, 2008
S. 13....................................	am. No. 176, 1976; No. 165, 1984; No. 73, 2008
S. 14....................................	am. No. 73, 2008
S. 14A.................................	ad. No. 176, 1976
	am. No. 165, 1984; No. 85, 1995; No. 38, 2005; No. 5, 2011
Part III
Ss. 15, 16............................	am. No. 176, 1976; No. 73, 2008
S. 17....................................	rs. No. 176, 1976
	am. No. 73, 2008
S. 18....................................	am. No. 176, 1976; No. 73, 2008
S. 19....................................	am. No. 176, 1976; No. 165, 1984; No. 73, 2008
S. 20....................................	am. No. 176, 1976
Part IV
S. 22....................................	am. No. 176, 1976; No. 80, 1982; No. 65, 1985; No. 10, 1986; No. 85, 1995
S. 23....................................	am. No. 176, 1976; No. 165, 1984; No. 111, 2001; No. 73, 2008
S. 24....................................	am. No. 176, 1976; No. 80, 1982; No. 65, 1985; No. 10, 1986; No. 85, 1995; No. 111, 2001; No. 73, 2008; No. 5, 2011
S. 25....................................	rs. No. 176, 1976
	am. No. 80, 1982; No. 165, 1984; Nos. 39 and 65, 1985; No. 73, 2008; No. 5, 2011
S. 26....................................	am. No. 73, 2008

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Health and Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 111, 2001)

4  Application of amendments

             (1)  Each amendment made by this Act applies to acts and omissions that take place after the amendment commences.

             (2)  For the purposes of this section, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the day on which a particular amendment commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the amendment commences.