The Department of Home Affairs has developed a discussion paper on the import control of tablet presses under regulation 4G of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956. Members of the public, industry, academia, law enforcement and government departments and agencies are invited to make submissions to this discussion paper.
The discussion paper poses questions about the impact of the import control on the illicit drug market and whether the import control should be broadened to include encapsulators and incomplete machines. Submissions made to the discussion paper will assist the Department of Home Affairs make recommendations to the Government on the administration of the import control.
The Department of Home Affairs requests that submissions be made in either Word or PDF format and emailed to tabletpressreview@homeaffairs.gov.au.
Submissions closed on 29 March 2019.
