Laws and Regulations

E/NL .1955/51-59 November 1955 UNITED NATIONS ORIGINAL: English

LAWS AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONVENTION OF 13 JULY 1931 FOR LIMITING THE MANUFACTURE AND REGULATING THE DISTRIBUTION OF NARCOTIC DRUGS, AS AMENDED BY THE PROTOCOL OF 11 DECEMBER 1946

AUSTRALIA Communicated by the Government of Australia

NOTE BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ~ In accordance with Article 21 of the Convention of 13 July 1931 for Limiting the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs, as amended by the Protocol of 11 December 1946, the Secretary- General has the honour to communicate the following legislative texts.

E/NL. 1955/51 preparations, admixtures, extracts or other sub• stances containing any proportion of methadol or State of Victoria such derivatives. Morphinan and derivatives of morphinan such as Poisons Acts methorphinan, dextrorphan, laevorphan, levorphan, racemorphan, dromoran, 3-methoxy-N- AMENDMENT OF THE SIXTH SCHEDULE TO THE methylmorphinan, dextromethorphan, laevome- POISONS ACT 1928 (No.3748) AS AMENDED BY thorphan, levomethorphan, racemethorphan; and ACT No. 3918. the salts, preparations, admixtures, extracts or other substances containing any proportion of PROCLAMATION morphinan or such derivatives. Morphine-N-oxide (also known as genomorphine) By His Excellency the Governor of the State of Victoria and all pentavalent nitrogen morphine deriva• and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of tives; and the salts, preparations, admixtures, Australia, etc., etc., etc. extracts or other substances containing any proportion of morphine-N-oxide or such pen• tavalent nitrogen derivative. By virtue of the powers conferred by section thirty- Morphinone and derivatives of morphjnone such as eight of the Poisons Act 1928 (No. 3748) as amended dihydrohydroxycodeinone, mel!Rytatfi^2tromor- by section five of the Poisons Act 1930 (No. 3918), I, phinone,, gScycodone, ^hydrocodone, Jrydromor- the Governor of the State of Victoria by and with the phone; and the salts, preparations, admixtures, advice of the Executive Council of the said State and extracts or other substances containing any on the recommendation of the Pharmacy Board of proportion of morphinone or such derivatives. Victoria do by this my Proclamation add to paragraph Piperidine derivatives withhypnotic properties such (1) of the Sixth Schedule to the Poisons Act 1928 as as alphajSrodine, betapi'bdine, hydroxy pethidine,* amended by the Poisons Act 1930 the names of the bemidohe, ketobe^nidone, meprodine, alpliame- following substances or preparations, namely:- prodine, betameprodine; and the salts, prepara• tions, admixtures, extracts or other substances "Dihydrocodeine^and acyl derivatives of dihydroco- containing any proportion of such piperidine deine such asacetyldihydrocodeine, acetylgodone, derivatives. thebacon, bjjtyryWmydrocod^ine^ " parac5d"ine7" Thebaine, its salts and any preparation, admixture, paracodin; ana the s'aT£s,~ preparations, admix• extract or other substance containing any pro• tures^ extracts or other substances containing portion of thebaine." any proportion of dihydrocodeine or such deriva• tives. And declare that Division 2 of part III. of the Poisons Dihydromorphine, its salts and any preparation, Act 1928 as amended by the Poisons Act 1930 shall admixture, extract or other substance containing apply to the substances and preparations named herein any proportion of dihydromorphine. in the same manner as it applies to substances or Isomethadone (also known as isoamidone), its salts preparations mentioned in the said paragraph (1) of and any preparation, admixture, extract or other the Sixth Schedule and the provisions of the said substance containing any proportion of isometha• Division shall apply accordingly. done. Methadol and derivatives of methadol such as Given under my Hand and the Seal of the State of methadyl acetate, alpha-acetylmethadol, alpha- Victoria aforesaid, at Melbourne, this seventh methadol, beta-acetyl-methadol; and the salts, day of September, in the year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and fifty-four, and in taining not less than one-fifth per centum of the third year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Dihydrocodeine; Elizabeth II. Dihydrocodeinone, known as Hydrocodone, Dicodid, Hycodan, or other trade name, its salts, and any DALLAS BROOKS. preparation, admixture, extract or other sub• stance containing not less than one-fifth per By His Excellency's Command, centum of Dihydrocodeinone; Acetyldihydrocodeine, known as Acetylcodone, or WM. BARRY, other trade name, its salts, and any preparation, Minister of.Health. admixture, extract or other substance containing not less than one-fifth per centum of Acetyldi• GOD SAVE THE QUEEN'. hydrocodeine; Acetyldihydrocodeinone, known as Acedicone, No- vocodon, or other trade name, its salts, and any preparation, admixture, extract or other sub• stance containing not less than one-fifth per E/NL. 1955/52 centum of Acetyldihydrocodeinone; Dihydrohydroxycodeinone, known as Oxycodone, New South Wales. Eucodal, or other trade name, its salts, and any preparation, admixture, extract or other sub• POLICE OFFENCES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1908, as stance containing not less than one-fifth per amended centum of Dihydrohydroxycodeinone; Benzimorphine, known as Peronine, or other trade PROCLAMATION. name, its salts, and any preparation, admixture, extract or other substance, containing not less f Published in Government Gazette No. 117 of 30th than one-fifth per centum of BenSlmorphine; July, 1954.1 Methylmorphine, known as Codeine or other trade name, its salts, and any preparation, admixture, (L.S.) J. NORTHCOTT, Governor. extract or other substance containing not less than one per centum of Methylmorphine. Ethylmorphine, known as Dionine, or other trade name, its salts, and any preparation, admixture, extract or other substance containing not less I, Sir John Northcott, Knight Commander of the Most than one per centum of Ethylmorphine; Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, B-4-Morpholinylethylmorphine, known as Pholco- Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, dine, Homocodeine or other trade name, its Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, salts, and any preparation, admixture, extract Lieutenant-General on the Retired List of the Australian or other substance containing not less than one Military Forces, Governor of the State of New South per centum of B-4-Morpholinylethylmorphine; Wales and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Thebaine, its salts, and any preparation, admixture, Australia, with the advice of the Executive Council, extract or other substance containing not less do, by this my Proclamation, declare that Part VI of than one-fifth per centum of Thebaine; the Police Offences (Amendment) Act, 1908, as amended, Meprodine (8 -l-methyl-3-ethyl-4-phenyl-4-pro- shall apply to:- pionoxypiperidine),its salts, and any preparation, admixture, extract or other substance containing not less than one-fifth per centum of Meprodine; Morphine-N-oxide, known as Genomorphine, and any in the same manner as it applies to the drugs men• preparation, admixture, extract or other sub• tioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 18 stance containing not less than one-fifth per cen• tum of Morphine-N-oxide; of the said Act. Dihydromorphine, known as Paramorfan, or other trade name, its salts and any preparation, ad• mixture, extract or other substance containing not less than one-fifth per centum of Dihydro• morphine; Dihydromorphinone, known as Hydromorphone, Dilaudide, or other trade name, its salts, and any preparation, admixture, extract or other Signed and sealed at Sydney, this seventh day of substance containing not less than one-fifth per July, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-four centum of Dihydromorphinone; Dihydrodesoxymorphine, known as Desomorphine, Permonid, or other trade name, its salts, and By His Excellency's Command, any preparation, admixture, extract or other substance containing not less than one-fifth per centum of Dihydrodesoxymorphine; C. A. KELLY. Dihydrocodeine, known as Hydrocodin, Paracodine, or other trade name, its salts, and any prepara• tion, admixture, extract or other substance con• GOD SAVE THE QUEEN:

2 E/NL. 1955/53 Coca leaves. Diacetylmorphine, its salts, and preparations of or [Extract from Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, containing diacetylmorphine or its salts. No. 33, dated 28th May, 1953.] Dihydrocodeine (Paracodine) and its salts. Dihydrocodeinone, its esters, its salts, the salts of its AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY. esters, and preparations of dihydrocodeinone or of those esters or salts. Poisons and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance 1933-1938. Dihydrodesoxymorphine, its esters, its salts, the salts of its esters, and preparations of dihydrodesoxy- Notice Declaring Certain Drugs, Chemicals and Com• morphine or of those esters or salts. pounds to be Narcotic Drugs Dihydrohydroxycodeinone, its esters, its salts, the salts of its esters, and preparations of dihydro• Whereas by section twelve oi Hhe Poisons and hydroxycodeinone or of those esters or salts. Dangerous Drugs Ordinance 1933-1938 it is provided Dihydromorphine, its esters, its salts, the salts of its (inter alia) that the Minister of State for Health may, esters, and preparations of dihydromorphine or of by notice in the Gazette, declare what drugs, chemicals those esters or salts. or compounds are, for the purposes of the Ordinance, Dihydromorphinone, its esters, its salts, the salts of narcotic drugs and may in any such notice define the its esters, and preparations of dihydromorphinone substances so declared: or of those esters or salts. And whereas by notice published in the Gazette on Ecgonine, its salts, and preparations of ecgonine or its the twenty-first day of December, One thousand nine salts. hundred and thirty-three, certain drugs, chemicals and Esters of ecgonine, their salts, and preparations of compounds were declared to be, for the purposes of those esters or salts. the Poisons and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance 1933, Esters of morphine,their salts, and preparations of narcotic drugs: those esters or salts. And whereas it is desirable to revoke the said Ethers of morphine, their salts, and preparations of declaration and to make other provision in lieu thereof: those ethers or salts. Now therefore I, Earle Page, Minister of State for Indian hemp (Cannabis). Health, do hereby— Methyldihydromorphinone and its salts. (a) revoke the said declaration; Morphine in any form. (b) declare that the drugs, chemicals and compounds Morphine-N-oxide and its derivatives, the other pen- specified in the First Schedule to this declaration tavalent nitrogen morphine derivatives and their are, for the purposes of the Poisons and Dan• salts, and preparations of morphine-N-oxide or of gerous Drugs Ordinance 1933-1938, narcotic those derivatives or salts. drugs; and Opium (medicinal). (c) for the purposes of this declaration, define each Opium (raw). substance the name of which is set out in the Thebaine, its salts, and preparations of thebaine or first column of the Second Schedule to this its salts. declaration as being the substance or substances 6-dimethylamino-4, 4-diphenyl-3-acetoxyheptane specified opposite to that name in the second (otherwise identified by the symbol N.I.H.-2953) column of that Schedule. and its salts. 6-dimethylamino-4, 4-diphenyl-3-heptanol (other• wise identified by the symbol N.I.H.-2933 and known as Methadol) and its salts. The Schedules. a-1, 3 - dimethyl - 4 - phenyl - 4 - propionoxy piperidine (otherwise identified by the symbol NU-1196 and First Schedule. known as Alphaprodine, Nisentil, Nisintil) and its salts. Acetyldihydrocodeine (Acetylcodone) and its salts. j -1, 3 - dimethyl - 4 - phenyl - 4 - propionoxy piperidine Acetyldihydrocodeinone (Acetyldimethylo-dihydrothe- (otherwise identified by the symbol NU-1779 and baine), its esters, its salts, the salts of its esters, known as Betaprodine) and its salts. and preparations of acetyldihydrocodeinone or of 4, 4-diphenyl-6-dimethylamino-heptanone-3 (known those esters or salts. as Methadone, Adanon, Amidone, Amidosan, Butalgin, Any preparation officinal or non-officinal (including any Deptridol, Diaminon, Dianone, Dolafin, Dolamid, preparation which purports to be an anti-opium Dolophine, Dorexol, Heptadon, Heptanal, Hoechst remedy) containing— 10820, Ketalgin, Mecodin, Mephenon, Miadone, Mo- (a) not less than, or not less than the equivalent heptan, Physeptone, Physopeptone, Polamidon, Sy- of, one-fifth per centum of anhydrous mor• moron, Turanone) and its salts. phine, benzoylmorphine or any other ester 4, 4-diphenyl- 5- methyl- 6-dimethylamino-hexanone- 3 of morphine; or (known as Iso-methadone) and its salts. (b) not less than one-tenth per centum of cocaine, 3- hydroxy-N-methyl morphinan (otherwise identified ecgonine, dihydro-oxycodeinone, dihydro- by the symbol NU-2206 and known as Dromoran, codeinone or dihydromorphinone. Methorphinan) and its salts. Benzylmorphine, its salts, and preparations of benzyl- 4- (3-hydroxyphenyl) -l-methyl-4-piperidyl ethyl morphine or its salts. ketone hydrochloride (known as Cliradon, Keto- Cocaine (crude). Bemidone) and its salts. Cocaine, its salts, and preparations of cocaine or its 3-methoxy-N-methylmorphinan and its salts. salts. 1 - methyl- 3-ethyl-4-phenyl-4- propionoxy piperidine

3 (otherwise identified by the symbol NTJ-1932) and E/NL. 1955/54 its salts. 1 - methyl - 4 - metahydroxyphenyl - piperidine - 4 Published in Gov. Gaz., 20th February, 1954, page 471. - carboxylic acid ethyl ester (known as Bemidone) and its salts. Department of Health and Home Affairs, l-methyl-4-phenyl-piperidine-4-carboxylic acid ethyl Brisbane, 18th February, 1954. ester (in the form of the hydrochloride and known as Pethidine, Antiduol, Avion, Centralgin, D-140, His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Demerol, Dispadol, Dodonal, Dolantal, Dolantin, Executive Council, has, in pursuance of the provisions Dolantol, Dolaren, Dolarin, Dolatol, Dolental, Do- of "The Health Acts. 1937 to 1949." been pleased to linal, Dolopethin, Dolosal, Dolvanol, Eudolat, Felidin, approve of the following Regulations made by the Gratidina, Isonipecaine, Meperidin, Mephedine, Director-General of Health and Medical Services. Pantalgine, Piridosal, Precedyl, Sauteralgyl) and its salts. W. M. MOORE. 6-morpholino-4, 4-diphenyl-3-heptanone (known as Phenadoxone, CB-11, Hepagin, Heptalgin, Heptalin, Heptazone) and its salts. WHEREAS by "The Health Acts. 1937 to 1949," it is amongst other things enacted that the Director-General Second Schedule may make Regulations: Now, therefore, the Director- First Column. Second Column. General, with the approval of the Governor in Council, Names of substances. Definitions doth hereby make the following Regulations: - The Poisons Regulations of 1947 are hereby amended Acetyldimethylo- The chemical compound as follows:- dihydrothebaine having the formula C 20 Regulation 54 of "The Poisons Regulations of 1947" H23O4N. is amended by the deletion of the words "the case of Cocaine Methyl-benzoyl laevo-ecgo- such patient to the Director-General", and the substitu•

nine ([«] D20° = -16° 4 in tion therefor of the following words, "the case and twenty per centum solution address of such patient in writing to the Director- of chloroform) of which the General". formula is C17H21O4N. The following Regulation (65A) is inserted after Diacetylmorphine Diaeetylmorphine (diamor- Regulation 65 of the said Regulations, namely:- phine, heroin) having the 65A (a). No person shall sell or use in the dry formula C21H23P5N. or powder form for agricultural, pastoral, horti• Dihydrocodeinone The chemical compound cultural, domestic, or industrial purposes for the having the formula C is control, destruction or prevention or growth and H21O3N. development of any fungus, virus, insect, mollusc, Dihydrohydroxycodeinone The chemical compound nematode, plant or animal any preparation con• having the formula (C is taining any of the following poisons:- H21O4N.) HCL • 3H2O. Dihydromorphinone The chemical compound Diethylparanitrophenylthiophosphate or its having the formula C n derivatives. H19 O 3 N HCL. Di- isopr opy If luor ophosphonate. Ecgonine Laevo-ecgonine ([«t] D20° = Dimethylparanitrophenylthiophosphate or its -45°6 in five per centum derivatives. solution of water) of which Hexaethyltetr aphosphate. the formula is C9 H15 O 3 Tetraethylpyrophosphate. N.H 2 O, and all the deriva• (b) No person shall pack for sale or sell any tives of laevo-ecgonine liquid or emulsion preparation containing any which might serve indus• poison listed in paragraph fa) of this regulation trially for its recovery. for any of the purposes and uses referred to Ester of morphine Any combination of morphine therein in a package containing less than one with an organic acid. imperial pint of such preparation. Indian hemp The dried, flowering or fruit• (c) No person shall use any liquid or emul• ing tops of the pistillate sion preparation of any poison listed in paragraph plants of the Cannabis sa- (a) of this regulation for any of the purposes and: tiva L. from which the uses referred to therein, unless such preparation resin has not been contains less than 0.015 parts per centum of such extracted, by whatever poison. — name the tops are called, and any resin, extract or tincture of Indian hemp. Morphine The principal alkaloid of The following Regulation (77A) is inserted after opium having the chemical Regulation 77 of the said Regulations, namely:-

formula C17iH19 O3N. 77A. No person shall sell or use any electrical Dated this twenty-first day of May, 1953. or other heating device for the vapourisation of any poison, unless such electrical or other EARLE PAGE heating device has been approved for that pur• Minister of State for Health. pose by the Director-General.

4 The following substances are added to Schedule I. Regulation No. 55 of The Poisons Regulations (Poisons) and to Schedule IV (Restricted Drugs) of of 1947. "The Poisons Regulations of 1947":- Methanthalinium Bromide and its homologues. (1) No medical practitioner shall sell or dispense or Khellin. administer or prescribe to or for any drug addict any restricted drug or any dangerous drug without the The following substances are deleted from Schedule permission of the Director-General. V. (Dangerous Drugs):— Methadol (6-Dimethylamino-4: 4-diphenyl- (2) Any medical practitioner who desires to treat a heptan-3-ol) and its salts. drug addict, and who considers it necessary for the Methadyl acetate (6-Dimethylamino-4: 4-di- purposes of such treatment that such addict should phenyl-3-heptylacetate) and its salts. receive rational supplies of any dangerous drug or any restricted drug, shall forthwith report the case of such The following substances are added to Schedule V. drug addict to the Director-General, who may at his (Dangerous Drugs):— discretion permit such medical practitioner to sell, Alpha and Beta Methadol (6-Dimethylamino-4: and/or dispense, and/or administer, and/or prescribe 4-Diphenylheptan-3-ol), their salts and deriva• for the treatment of such addict such quantities of the tives. dangerous drug or restricted drug in question as he 3- Dimethyl-Amino-1, 1 -Di- (2- Thienyl)-1 - shall deem necessary in the circumstances. Butene. 3- Ethy lmethylamino-1, 1 -Di- (2- Thienyl)-1 - Bu• Every permission of the Director-General required tene. by this Regulation shall be in writing, provided that the Director-General, in any case in which he thinks such The following substances are deleted from Schedule procedure necessary, may give verbal - permission, HI. (Poisons):— but .such verbal permission shall forthwith be confirmed Benzene, halogenated derivatives of, in substances in writing. containing more than ten per cent * of such poisons. The Director-General may at his discretion, by notice in writing addressed to the medical practitioner The following substances are added to Schedule HI. concerned, withdraw any permission he may have given (Poisons):— in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation. Halogenated cyclic organic compounds, including Aldrin, Chlordane, D.D.T., Dieldrin, Gam- (3) Any medical practitioner who sells, or dispenses, mexane, in substances containing more than or administers, or prescribes any restricted drug or ten per cent.of such poisons. any dangerous drug to or for a drug addict, or for the treatment of a drug addict, without the permission of The foregoing Regulations were made by me on the the Director-General, or who sells, or dispenses, or sixteenth day of Febrary, 1954. administers, or prescribes to or for a drug addict, or for the treatment of a drug addict, a restricted drug A. FRYBERG, or a dangerous drug in excess of the quantity permitted Director-General of Health and Medical Services. in such case by the Director-General shall be guilty of a breach of these Regulations and shall be liable to W. M. MOORE, a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds. Secretary for Health and Home Affairs,.

E/NL. 1955/55 E/NL. 1955/56 DEFINITION OF "DRUG ADDICT". South Australia A drug addict is any person who has acquired, as a result of repeated administration, an overpowering DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT, 1934: APPLICATION TO desire for the continued administration of any dangerous SPECIFIED DRUGS. drug or restricted drug, and in whom the cessation of the administration of any such drug so desired leads South Australia i Proclamation by His Excellency the to definite symptoms of mental or physical distress or to wit. I Governor of the State of South disorder, and who does not require the use of any such Australia. drug so desired for the relief of symptoms of organic disease. (L.S.) R. A. GEORGE.

Regulation No. 54 of The Poisons Regulations of 1947. BY virtue of the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Any medical practitioner who considers it neces• Act, 1934, and all other enabling powers, I, the said sary in the treatment of any patient in the course of Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive his medical practice to prescribe for such patient for Council, do hereby declare that the said Act shall any period greater than two calendar months any apply to the drugs specified in the schedule hereto in dangerous drug, shall forthwith report the case of such the same manner as it applies to the drugs mentioned patient to the Director-General. in the subsection (1) of section 4 of the said Act.

5 THE SCHEDULE xy-N-methylmorphinan) and their salts. (4) Any preparation, admixture, extract, or other (1) Alpha-6-dimethylamino-4, 4-diphenyl-3-aceto- substance containing any proportion of any xyheptane, (alpha-acetylmethadol) and its of the substances mentioned in this schedule. salts. (2) Alpha-6-dimethylamino-4, 4-diphenyl-3-hep- Given under my hand and the public seal of South tanol (alphamethadol) and its salts. Australia, at Adelaide, this 27th day of May, 1954. (3) Beta-6-dlmethylamino-4, 4-diphenyl-3-acetoxyheptane (beta-acetymethadol) audits salts. By command, (4) 3-dimethylamino-l, l-di-(2-thienyl)-l-butene and its salts. D.P.H., 2078/1953. R.J.RUDALL, for Chief Secretary. (5) 3-ethylmethylamino-l, l-di-(2-thienyl)-l-butene and its salts. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! (6) Any preparation, admixture, extract or other substance containing any proportion of any of the substances mentioned in this schedule. E/NL.1955/58 Given under my hand and the public seal of South Australia, at Adelaide this 28th day of January, South Australia 1954. DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT, 1934 By command, South Australia Proclamation by His Excellency the D.P.H., 2078/1953. R.J.Rudall, Acting Chief Secretary. to wit, . Governor of the State of South Aus- , tralia. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN: (L.S.) R. A. GEORGE.

BY virtue of the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs E/NL. 1955/57 Act, 1934, and all other enabling powers, I, the said Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive South Australia Council, do hereby declare that subsection (1) of sec• tion 6 of the said Act shall cease to apply to Pholcodine DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT, 1934, (B-4-Morpholinylethylmorphine) and its salts. South Australia, f* Proclamation by His Excellency the Given under my hand and the public seal of South to wit, • Governor's Deputy of the State of Australia, at Adelaide, this 5th day of August, I South Australia. 1954. (L.S.) J.M.NAPIER. By command, BY virtue of the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1934, and all other enabling powers, I, the said D.P.H., 1372/1954. C.S. fflNCKS, for Chief Secretary, Governor's Deputy, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, do hereby:- GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.' 1. Vary the proclamation made on the 21st day of August, 1952, pursuant to the said Act and published in the Government Gazette of the same date at page 528, by deleting therefrom— E/NL. 1955/59

(1) 3-hydroxy-N-methylmorphinan and its salts. Western Australia (2) 3-methoxy-N-methylmorphinan and its salts. 2. Declare that subsection (1) of section 6 of the Police Act, 1892-1953. said Act shall cease to apply to— PROCLAMATION (1) N-AUylnormorphine and its salts. (2) 6-methyl-A6-desoxymorphine and its salts. WESTERN AUSTRALIA, By His Excellency Lieuten- 3. Declare that the said Act shall apply to the drugs TO WIT, ant-General Sir Charles specified in the schedule hereto in the same manner CHARLES HENRY Henry Gairdner, Knight Commander of the Most Dis• as it applies to the drugs mentioned in subsection (1) GAIRDNER, tinguished Order of Saint of section 4 thereof. Governor. [L.S.] Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the THE SCHEDULE. Royal Victorian Order, Companion of the Most Hon• (1) 6-methyl-A6-desoxymorphine and its salts. ourable Order of the Bath, (2) Racemorphan; Levorphan (3-hydroxy-N-me• Commander of the Most Ex• thylmorphinan) and their salts. cellent Order of the British (3) Racemethorphan Levomethorphan (3-metho•

6 Empire, Governor in and Schedule over the State of Western Australia and its Dependen• (1) Alpha-6-dimethylamino-4, 4-diphenyl-3-ace- cies in the Commonwealth toxyheptane (alpha-acetylmethadol). of Australia. (2) Alpha-6-dimethylamino-4, 4-diphenyl-3-heptanol (alphamethadol). (3) Beta-6-dimethylamino-4, 4-diphenyl-3-ace- WHEREAS by paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section foxyheptane (beta-acetylmethadol). 94A of Part VIA of the Police Act, 1892-1953, it is (4) 3-dimethylamino-l, l-di-(2-thienyl)-l-butene. provided that if it appears to the Governor that any (5) 3-ethylmethylamino-l, l-di-(2-thienyl) -1-bu- new derivative of morphine or cocaine or of any salts tene. of morphine or cocaine or any other alkaloid of opium (6) 6-methyl-A 6-desoxymorphine. or any other drug of whatever kind is or is likely to (7) Methorphinan (Dromoran). be productive, if improperly used, of ill-effects sub• (8) Dihydromorphinone Hydrochloride (Dilaudid). stantially of the same character or nature as or (9) Desomorphine. analogous to those produced by morphine or cocaine, the Governor may by proclamation published in the Gazette declare that Part VIA of the Act shall apply And the salts of any of these drugs and any prepara• to that new derivative or alkaloid or other drug in the tions containing the drugs or their salts. same manner as it applies to the drugs mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 94A of the Act: Now, therefore I, the Governor, acting with the Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the advice and consent of the Executive Council and in said State, at Perth, this 16th day of June, 1954. exercise of the powers conferred upon me by para• graph (c) of subsection (2) of section 94A of Part VIA By His Excellency's Command, of the Police Act, 1892-1953, hereby declare that Part H. H. STYANTS, VIA of the Act shall apply to the drugs mentioned in Minister for Police. the Schedule hereunder in the same manner as it applies to the drugs mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 94A of the Act. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! ! I