Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00211:reg:5:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00211
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 2/9)
Character Range: 94402–97012

Secretary, by legislative instrument, approve the importation into Australia of a drug that meets one or more of the following:
 (a) the drug is specified in, or included in a class of drugs specified in, the approval;
 (b) the drug is imported in a form (including a concentration) specified in the approval;
 (c) the drug is imported by a person, or class of persons, specified in the approval;
 (d) the drug does not exceed a value or amount specified in the approval;
 (e) the drug is imported in a way, or by a means, specified in the approval.
 (4) An application for a licence to import drugs or for a permission to import a drug shall be in writing and shall be lodged with the Secretary.
 (5) Where a person makes, in accordance with subregulation (4), an application for a licence or permission referred to in that subregulation, the Secretary or an authorised person shall, subject to this regulation, grant to the person the licence or permission, as the case may be.
 (6) An applicant for a licence or permission referred to in subregulation (4) shall, on being so requested by the Secretary or an authorised person, furnish in writing to the Secretary such information as the Secretary or authorised person reasonably may require in relation to the application.
 (7) The Secretary or an authorised person shall not grant to an applicant a licence to import drugs unless:
 (a) the applicant has furnished all the information requested by the Secretary or authorised person under subregulation (6);
 (b) the applicant is a fit and proper person to be granted a licence to import drugs;
 (c) the persons (if any) that the applicant:
 (i) has appointed, or proposes to appoint, as agents; or
 (ii) has employed or proposes to employ;
  for the purposes of the business carried on by the applicant in relation to drugs, are fit and proper persons to be so appointed as agents or so employed; and
 (d) the premises on which the applicant proposes to keep the drugs that will come within the applicant's possession during the currency of the licence are secure for that purpose.
 (8) A licence to import drugs shall, unless previously revoked, remain in force for such period as is specified in the licence.
 (9) A licence to import drugs is granted subject to compliance by the holder of the licence with the following conditions or requirements:
 (a) the holder of the licence shall:
 (i) keep in safe custody at all times any drug that is in the holder's possession; and
 (ii) if the drug is moved from one place to another, take adequate precautions to ensure that the removal is safely carried out;