Statutory Rules 1992 No. 4011

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Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Regulations

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987.

Dated 9 December 1992.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

michael tate

Minister of State for Justice

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Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Regulations.

Commencement

2. These Regulations commence on the date of commencement of the Crimes (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act 1990.

Interpretation

3. In these Regulations:

“the Act” means the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987;

“UN Convention” means the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, being the Convention referred to in, and a copy of the English text of which is set out in, the Schedule to the Crimes (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act 1990.

Application of the Act

4. The Act applies to the countries set out in the Schedule subject to such limitations, conditions, exceptions or qualifications as are necessary to give effect to the UN Convention.

SCHEDULE Regulation 4

COUNTRIES TO WHICH THE ACT APPLIES SUBJECT TO THE UN CONVENTION

Afghanistan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Bhutan

Bolivia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Chile

China

Costa Rica

Côte d’Ivoire

Cyprus

Czechoslovakia

Denmark (excluding the Faroe Islands and Greenland)

Ecuador

Egypt

France

Ghana

Greece

Grenada

Guatemala

Guinea

Honduras

India

Italy

Japan

Jordan

Kenya

Luxembourg

Madagascar

Monaco

Morocco

Myanmar

Nepal

Nicaragua

Nigeria

Oman

Pakistan

Paraguay

Peru

Portugal

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Seychelles

Slovenia

Sri Lanka

Suriname

Sweden

Syria

Togo

Tunisia

Uganda

Ukraine

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

United Arab Emirates

United States of America

Venezuela

Yugoslavia