Psychoactive Substances Act 2013
- Notifying member
- New Zealand
- Title
- Psychoactive Substances Act 2013
- First published
- 17/07/2013
- First EIF
- 18/07/2013
- Latest published
- 03/11/2014
- In force to
- Latest notification
- G/LIC/N/3/NZL/10
- Product categories
- List of products subject to licensing
- Nature of licensing
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Non-automatic
- Administrative purpose/measure being implemented
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- Other
- Decription of purpose/measure being implemented
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New Zealand regulates trade in novel psychoactive substances (that are otherwise unregulated) under the Psychoactive Substances Act 2013. An importer must hold a license to import psychoactive substances. New Zealand does not require individual imports to be licensed, but each import must be notified to the Psychoactive Substances Regulatory Authority before arriving in New Zealand.
- Administrative body(ies) for submission of applications
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- Psychoactive Substances Regulatory Authority
- PO Box 5013 Wellington 6145 NEW ZEALAND
- http://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/regulation-health-and-disability-system/psychoactive-substances
- + 64 4 496 2000
- Contact point for information on eligibility
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Same as the "Administrative bodies"
- Expected duration of licensing procedure
- The Act came into effect on 18 July 2013. Regulations to give full effect to the regulatory regime are not yet complete. Until the regulations come into effect in early 2014, there is an interim licensing regime, under which persons who were engaged in importing prior to the Act coming into force, may continue to do so.
- Found by secretariat
- No
- Related document symbols
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- G/LIC/N/2/NZL/1
- Source
- Notes
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G/LIC/N/2/NZL/1
Psychoactive Substances Act 2013 New psychoactive substances, as defined in the UNODC document The Challenge of New Psychoactive Substances available from http://www.unodc.org/documents/scientific/NPS_2013_SMART.pdf
Excludes products already regulated, such as tobacco, alcohol, and coffee.
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