Australian Capital Territory
Drugs of Dependence Regulations1 (Amendment)
Subordinate Law No. 20 of 19982

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following Regulations under the Drugs of Dependence Act 1989.
	Dated 12 June 1998.
brendan smyth
Minister
michael moore
Minister

1. 	Commencement
(1) 	Subject to subregulation (2), these Regulations commence on the day on which they are notified in the Gazette.
(2) 	Regulation 3, in so far as it inserts references to “Flunitrazepam” and “Remifentanil” in Schedule 1 and Schedule 3 to the Principal Regulations as amended by these Regulations, commences on 19 June 1998.
2. 	Principal Regulations
	In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Drugs of Dependence Regulations.
3. 	Substitution
	Schedules 1, 2 and 3 of the Principal Regulations are repealed and the Schedules set out in the Schedule to these Regulations are substituted.

	SCHEDULE	Regulation 3

	schedule 1	Regulations  5 and 6
Drugs of Dependence—General
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Drug	Traffickable quantity (grams)	Commercial quantity (kilograms)	
Acetyldihydrocodeine		2.00	2.00
Acetylmethadol		2.00	2.00
Acetylmorphines		2.00	2.00
Alfentanil		0.005	0.005
Alphacetylmethadol		10.00	10.00
Alphaprodine		25.00	25.00
Amphetamine		2.00	2.00
Amylobarbitone, except when packed and labelled
for injection		20.00	20.00
Anileridine		25.00	25.00
Benzylmorphine		5.00	5.00
Bezitramide		5.00	5.00
Buprenorphine		0.05	0.05
Butobarbitone		20.00	20.00
Butorphanol		2.00	2.00
Carfentanyl		0.005	0.005
Cocaine		2.00	2.00
Codeine, except when compounded with 1 or more
other medicaments—
(a)	in divided preparations containing 30 mg or less
of codeine per dosage unit; or
(b)	in undivided preparations containing 1% or less
of codeine		10.00	10.00
Codeine-N-oxide		10.00	10.00
Concentrate of Poppy Straw (the material arising when
poppy straw has entered into a process for concentration
of its alkaloids)		250.00	250.00
4-Cyano-1-methyl-4-phenylpiperidine (Pethidine
intermediate A)		10.00	10.00
Cyclobarbitone		20.00	20.00
Dexamphetamine		2.00	2.00
Dextromoramide		2.00	2.00
Dextropropoxyphene, except when—
(a)	in divided preparations containing 135 mg or 
less of dextropropoxyphene per dosage unit; or
(b)	in liquid preparations containing 2.5% or less
of dextropropoxyphene		27.00	27.00
Difenoxin, except in preparations containing, per dosage unit, 0.5 mg or less of difenoxin and a quantity of atropine sulphate equivalent to at least 5% of the dose of difenoxin 		2.00	2.00

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Drug	Traffickable quantity (grams)	Commercial quantity (kilograms)	
Dihydrocodeine, except when compounded with 1 or more other medicaments—
(a)	in divided preparations containing not more than 100 mg of dihydrocodeine per dosage unit; or
(b)	in undivided preparations with a concentration of not more than 2.5% of dihydrocodeine		10.00	10.00
Dihydromorphine		10.00	10.00
Diphenoxylate, except in preparations containing, per dosage unit, 2.5 mg or less of diphenoxylate and a quantity of atropine sulphate equivalent to at least 1% of the dose of diphenoxylate		2.00	2.00
Dipipanone		10.00	10.00
Dronabinol		6.00	6.00
Drotebanol		2.00	2.00
Ethylamphetamine		2.00	2.00
Ethylmorphine, except when compounded with 1 or more other medicaments—
(a)	in divided preparations containing not more than 100 mg of ethylmorphine per dosage unit; or
(b)	in undivided preparations with a concentration of not more than 2.5% of ethylmorphine		2.00	2.00
Fentanyl		0.005	0.005
Flunitrazepam		0.40	0.40
Hydrocodone		2.00	2.00
Hydromorphinol		2.00	2.00
Hydromorphone		2.00	2.00
Levamphetamine		2.00	2.00
Levomethamphetamine		2.00	2.00
Levomoramide		2.00	2.00
Levorphanol		1.00	1.00
Methadone		2.00	2.00
Methamphetamine		2.00	2.00
Methyldihydromorphine		2.00	2.00
Methylphenidate 		2.00	2.00
1-Methyl-4-phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylic Acid
(Pethidine intermediate C)		10.00	10.00
Morphine		2.00	1.50
Morphine Methobromide		2.00	1.00
Morphine-N-oxide		2.00	2.00
Nabilone		0.40	0.40
Norcodeine		2.00	2.00
Normethadone		5.00	5.00
Opium in any form, except the alkaloids noscapine and  papaverine		20.00	20.00
Oxycodone		5.00	5.00
Oxymorphone		2.00	2.00
Pentazocine		20.00	20.00
Pentobarbitone, except when packed and labelled for
injection		20.00	20.00
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Drug	Traffickable quantity (grams)	Commercial quantity (kilograms)	
Pethidine		10.00	10.00
Phendimetrazine		5.00	5.00
Phenmetrazine		5.00	5.00
Phenoperidine		1.00	1.00
4-Phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylic Acid Ethyl Ester
(Pethidine intermediate B)		10.00	10.00
Pholcodine, except when compounded with 1 or more other medicaments—
(a)	in divided preparations containing not more than 100 mg of pholcodine per dosage unit; or
(b)	in undivided preparations with a concentration of not more than 2.5% of pholcodine 		5.00	5.00
Piritramide		1.00	1.00
Propiram		10.00	10.00
Quinalbarbitone		20.00	20.00
Racemoramide		2.00	2.00
Remifentanil		1.00	1.00
Secbutobarbitone		20.00	20.00
Sufentanil		0.005	0.005
Thebacon		2.00	2.00
Thebaine		2.00	2.00
Tilidine		20.00	20.00
A substance which is, in relation to a drug of dependence specified elsewhere in this Schedule—
(a)    an active principle of that drug;
(b)    a preparation or admixture of that drug; or
(c)    a salt of that drug or active principle;
except where the substance is separately specified in
this Schedule		The minimum traffickable quantity
and the minimum commercial quantity, respectively, of—
(a)	the drug of dependence in relation to which the substance is specified in this item; or
(b)	if there is more than 1 such drug—the drug referred to in paragraph (a) in relation to which the minimum traffickable quantity and the minimum commercial quantity are respectively the least.

	Schedule 2	Regulations 5 and 6
PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES
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Substance	Traffickable quantity (grams)	Commercial quantity (kilograms)	
Acetorphine		2.00	2.00
Acetyl-a-methylfentanyl		0.005	0.005
Alkoxyamphetamines and bromo-substituted alkoxyamphetamines, except where separately specified in this Schedule		0.50	0.50
Alkoxyphenethylamines and alkyl-substituted alkoxyphenethylamines, except where separately specified in this Schedule		0.50	0.50
Allylprodine		2.00	2.00
Alphameprodine		0.20	0.20
Alphamethadol 		0.20	0.20
2-Amino-1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-methyl) phenylpropane (STP, DOM)		0.50	0.50
Benzethidine		10.00	10.00
Betacetylmethadol		5.00	5.00
Betameprodine		5.00	5.00
Betamethadol		5.00	5.00
Betaprodine		5.00	5.00
4-Bromo-3,5-dimethoxyamphetamine		0.50	0.50
4-Bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine (BDMPEA)		0.50	0.50
3-Bromo-4-methoxyamphetamine		0.50	0.50
4-Bromo-3-methoxyamphetamine		0.50	0.50
Bufotenine		2.00	2.00
Cannabis		100.00	100.00
Cannabis Oil		2.00	2.00
Cannabis Resin 		20.00	50.00
Cathinone		2.00	2.00
Clonitazene		5.00	5.00
Coca Leaf		250.00	80.00
Codoxime		10.00	10.00
4-Cyano-2-dimethylamino-4,4-diphenylbutane
(Methadone intermediate)		2.00	2.00
Desomorphine		2.00	2.00
Diampromide		5.00	5.00
Diethylthiambutene		5.00	5.00
N,N-Diethyltryptamine (DET)		2.00	2.00
Dimenoxadol 		10.00	10.00
Dimepheptanol 		10.00	10.00
2,4-Dimethoxyamphetamine		0.50	0.50
3,4-Dimethoxyamphetamine		0.50	0.50
2,5-Dimethoxy-4-bromoamphetamine (DOB)		0.50	0.50
3,4-Dimethoxy-5-ethoxyamphetamine		0.50	0.50
2,5-Dimethoxy-4-ethoxyamphetamine		0.50	0.50
4,5-Dimethoxy-2-ethoxyamphetamine		0.50	0.50
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Substance	Traffickable quantity (grams)	Commercial quantity (kilograms)	
2,5-Dimethoxy-4-ethyl-a-methylphenylethylamine
(DOET)		0.50	0.50
2,3-Dimethoxy-4,5-methylenedioxyamphetamine		0.50	0.50
2,5-Dimethoxy-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine		0.50	0.50
2,5-Dimethoxy-a-methylphenylethylamine (DMA)		0.50	0.50
3,4-Dimethoxyphenylethylamine		0.50	0.50
3-(2-Dimethylaminoethyl)-4-hydroxyindole (Psilocine, Psilotsin)		2.00	2.00
3-(1,2-Dimethylheptyl)-1-hydroxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-6,6,9-trimethyl-6H-dibenzo[b,d]pyran (DMHP)		2.00	2.00
Dimethylthiambutene		20.00	20.00
N,N,-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT)		2.00	2.00
Dioxaphetyl Butyrate		2.00	2.00
Ecgonine		10.00	10.00
4,5-Ethylenedioxy-3-methoxyamphetamine		0.50	0.50
Ethylmethylthiambutene		10.00	10.00
Eticyclidine (PCE)		2.00	2.00
Etonitazene		5.00	5.00
Etorphine		5.00	2.00
Etoxeridine		5.00	5.00
Fenetylline		2.00	2.00
Furethidine		1.00	1.00
Harmaline		2.00	2.00
Harmine		2.00	2.00
Heroin		2.00	1.50
3-Hexyl-1-hydroxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-6,6,9-trimethyl- 6H-dibenzo[b,d]pyran (Parahexyl)		2.00	2.00
4-Hydroxy-butanoic acid		0.50	0.50
b-Hydroxyfentanyl		0.005	0.005
b-Hydroxy-3-methylfentanyl 		0.005	0.005
Hydroxypethidine		5.00	5.00
Isomethadone		2.00	2.00
Ketobemidone		2.00	2.00
Levomethorphan		2.00	2.00
Levophenacylmorphan		2.00	2.00
Lysergic Acid		0.002	0.002
Lysergide (LSD, LSD-25)		0.002	0.002
Mecloqualone		60.00	60.00
Mescaline-see 3,4,5-Trimethoxyphenethylamine 
Metazocine		7.00	7.00
Methaqualone		50.00	50.00
2-Methoxy-3, 4-methylenedioxyamphetamine		50.00	50.00
2-Methoxy-4, 5-methylenedioxyamphetamine		0.50	0.50
4-Methoxy-2, 3-methylenedioxyamphetamine		0.50	0.50
5-Methoxy-3, 4-methylenedioxy-a-methylphenylethylamine (MMDA)		0.50	0.50
2-Methoxy-3, 4-methylenedioxyphenylethylamine		0.50	0.50
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Substance	Traffickable quantity (grams)	Commercial quantity (kilograms)	
3-Methoxy-4, 5-methylenedioxyphenylethylamine		0.50	0.50
4-Methoxy-a-methylphenylethylamine (PMA)		0.50	0.50
4-Methoxyphenylethylamine		0.50	0.50
4-Methylaminorex		2.00	2.00
Methyldesorphine		2.00	2.00
3, 4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA)		0.50	0.50
3, 4-Methylenedioxy-N, a-dimethylphenylethylamine (MDMA)		0.50	0.50
3, 4-Methylenedioxy-N-ethylamphetamine (MDE)		0.50	0.50
3-Methylfentanyl		0.005	0.005
a-Methylfentanyl 		0.005	0.005
2-Methyl-3-morpholino-1,1-diphenylpropane
Carboxylic Acid (Moramide intermediate)		8.00	8.00
1-Methyl-4-phenyl-4-piperidinol propionate (MPPP)		2.00	2.00
3-Methylthiofentanyl		0.005	0.005
a-Methylthiofentanyl		0.005	0.005
Metopon		2.00	2.00
Morpheridine		2.00	2.00
Muscimol		2.00	2.00
Myrophine		20.00	20.00
Nicocodine		2.00	2.00
Nicodicodine		2.00	2.00
Nicomorphine		2.00	2.00
Noracymethadol 		2.00	2.00
Norlevorphanol 		2.00	2.00
Normorphine		20.00	20.00
Norpipanone		10.00	10.00
Para-fluorofentanyl		0.005	0.005
Phenadoxone		10.00	10.00
Phenampromide		10.00	10.00
Phenazocine		1.00	1.00
Phencyclidine (PCP)		2.00	2.00
Phenomorphan		5.00	5.00
1-Phenylethyl-4-phenyl-4-piperidinol acetate (PEPAP)		2.00	2.00
Piminodine		10.00	10.00
Proheptazine		1.00	1.00
Properidine		25.00	25.00
Psilocine—see 3-(2-Dimethylaminoethyl)-4-hydroxyindole
Psilocybine		2.00	2.00
Psilotsin—see 3-(2-Dimethylaminoethyl)-4-hydroxyindole
Racemethorphan		2.00	2.00
Racemorphan		2.00	2.00
Rolicyclidine (PHP, PCPY)		2.00	2.00
Tenocyclidine (TCP)		2.00	2.00

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Substance	Traffickable quantity (grams)	Commercial quantity (kilograms)	
Tetrahydrocannabinols (THC) and their alkyl homologues, except where separately specified in Schedule 1 or this Schedule		2.00	5.00
2, 3, 4, 5-Tetramethoxyamphetamine		0.50	0.50
Thiofentanyl		0.005	0.005
Trimeperidine		10.00	10.00
2, 3, 4-Trimethoxyamphetamine		0.50	0.50
2, 3, 5-Trimethoxyamphetamine		0.50	0.50
2, 3, 6-Trimethoxyamphetamine		0.50	0.50
2, 4, 5-Trimethoxyamphetamine		0.50	0.50
2, 4, 6-Trimethoxyamphetamine		0.50	0.50
3, 4, 5-Trimethoxy-a-methylphenylethylamine (TMA)		0.50	0.50
3, 4, 5-Trimethoxyphenethylamine (mescaline) and other substances structurally derived from methoxy-phenylethylamine, except—
(a)	methoxyphenamine; or
(b)	where separately specified in this Schedule		7.50	7.50
1-(3, 4, 5-Trimethoxyphenyl)-2-aminobutane		0.50	0.50
2, 4, 5-Trimethoxyphenylethylamine		0.50	0.50
A substance which is, in relation to a prohibited substance specified elsewhere in this Schedule—
(a)	an active principle of that prohibited substance;
(b)	a preparation or admixture of that prohibited substance; or
(c)	a salt of that prohibited substance or active principle;
except where the firstmentioned substance is separately specified in this Schedule		The minimum traffickable quantity
and the minimum commercial quantity, respectively, of—
(a)	the prohibited substance in relation to which the substance is specified in this item; or
(b)	if there is more than 1 such prohibited substance—the prohibited substance referred to in paragraph (a) in relation to which the minimum traffickable quantity and the minimum commercial quantity are respectively the least.
A substance (“drug analogue”) which is, in relation to another substance (being a drug of dependence or a substance specified elsewhere in this Schedule, or a stereoisomer, a structural isomer (with the same constituent groups) or an alkaloid of such a drug or substance)—
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Substance	Traffickable quantity (grams)	Commercial quantity (kilograms)	
(a)	a stereoisomer;
(b)	a structural isomer having the same constituent groups;
(c)	an alkaloid;
(d)	a structural modification notionally obtained in 1 or more of the following ways:
	(i)	by the replacement of up to 2 carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring structures with different carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring structures;
	(ii)	by the addition of hydrogen atoms to 1 or more unsaturated bonds;
	(iii)	by the addition of 1 or more of the following groups, namely alkoxy, cyclic diether, acyl, acyloxy, mono-amino and dialkylamino groups with up to 6 carbon atoms in any alkyl residue; alkyl, alkenyl and alkynyl groups with up to 6 carbon atoms in the group, where the group is attached to oxygen (for example, an ester or an ether group), nitrogen, sulphur or carbon; and halogen, hydroxy, nitro and amino groups;
	(iv)	by the replacement of 1 or more of the groups specified in subparagraph (iii) with another such group or groups;
	(v)	by the conversion of a carboxyl or an ester group into an amide group; or
(e)	otherwise an homologue, analogue, chemical derivative or substance substantially similar in chemical structure;
however manufactured or actually obtained, except where the drug analogue—
(f)	is a drug of dependence;
(g)	is separately specified in this Schedule;
(h)	is specified in a Schedule to the Poisons and Drugs Act 1978; or
(i)	is specified in the Schedule to the Public Health
	(Prohibited Drugs) Act 1957		The minimum traffickable quantity
and the minimum commercial quantity, respectively, of—
(a)	the drug of dependence or prohibited substance in relation to which the substance is a drug analogue; or

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Substance	Traffickable quantity (grams)	Commercial quantity (kilograms)	
(b)	if there is more than 1 such drug or prohibited substance—the drug or prohibited substance referred to in paragraph (a) in relation to which the minimum traffickable quantity and the minimum commercial quantity are respectively the least.

	Schedule 3	Regulation 4
DRUGS OF DEPENDENCE—MANUFACTURING
Acetylmorphines
Amphetamine
Amylobarbitone
Buprenorphine
Butobarbitone
Butorphanol
Carfentanyl
Cyclobarbitone
Dexamphetamine
Dronabinol
Ethylamphetamine
Flunitrazepam
Levamphetamine
Levomethamphetamine
Methamphetamine
Methylphenidate
Nabilone
Pentazocine
Pentobarbitone
Phendimetrazine
Phenmetrazine
Quinalbarbitone
Remifentanil
Secbutobarbitone
A substance which is, in relation to a drug of dependence specified elsewhere in this Schedule—
(a)	an active principle of that drug;
(b)	a preparation or admixture of that drug; or
(c)	a salt of that drug or active principle.

NOTES
Principal Regulations
1.	Reprinted as at 31 January 1998.
Notification
2.	Notified in the ACT Gazette on 17 June 1998.

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