“Concentrate of Poppy Straw” is also a Schedule 1 drug in the Convention and defined as: the material arising when poppy straw has entered into a process for the concentration of its alkaloids when such material is made available in trade, (“Poppy straw”: all parts (except the seeds) of the opium poppy, after mowing). The Schedules are regularly updated and comprised in the List of Narcotic Drugs under International Control (the Yellow List) currently in its 50th edition, published in December 2011. Under the Convention, “manufacture”, means all processes, other than production, by which drugs may be obtained and includes refining as well as the transformation into other drugs. “Cultivation” means the cultivation of the opium poppy. Article 23 of the Convention provides that a Party that permits the cultivation of the opium poppy for the production of opium must establish and maintain a government agency to carry out the Convention obligations. That Article further sets out the requirements for the cultivation of the opium poppy for the production of opium. Namely, the designation of land where cultivation will be permitted; the requirement for cultivators to be licensed; the licence to specify the extent of the land; the requirement for the Agency to take delivery of and purchase all crops; and the exclusive right of the Agency to import, export, trade and maintain those stocks. Tasmania does not cultivate the opium poppy for the production of opium, but rather for poppy straw. Appendix 4 Article 25 of the Convention deals exclusively with poppy straw and provides that a Party that permits the cultivation of the opium poppy for purposes other than the production of opium is to ensure by appropriate measures that opium is not produced and that the manufacturer of drugs from poppy straw is adequately controlled. Import certificates and export authorisations are still required as well as the requirement to furnish statistical information on the import and export of poppy straw. Article 29 deals exclusively with the manufacture of drugs requiring that Parties must require manufacturers to be licensed. In addition, the Parties must: control all persons and enterprises carrying on or engaged in the manufacture of drugs; must control under licence the manufacturing establishments and premises; and require the licensed manufacturers of drugs to obtain periodical permits specifying the kinds and amounts of drugs which they shall be entitled to manufacture. There is a further requirement that Parties shall prevent
(1) The Board, not later than 31 August after the end of each financial year, is to give the Minister a report on its operations for that financial year. (2) The Minister may, in writing, direct the Board to prepare the report in a particular way or to include particular information in the report. (3) The report may be appended to the annual report of the Department. (4) If the Board's report is not appended to the annual report of the Department, the Minister is to cause the report to be laid before each House of Parliament by not later than 31 October after the end of the financial year to which it relates. 59M. Secretarial and administrative support (1) Subject to and in accordance with the , persons may be appointed or employed for the purpose of enabling the functions of the Board under this Part to be carried out. (2) The Board may make arrangements with the Secretary of the Department for such State Service officers and State Service employees employed in the Department as may be considered necessary to be made available to enable the Board to perform the functions of office under this or any other Act and those officers and employees, in conjunction with State Service employment, are to serve the Board in any capacity. 59G. Interpretation In this Part VB, unless the contrary intention appears – alkaloid poppy means a plant of the species Papaver somniferum or Papaver bracteatum; alkaloid poppy material means a part or product of an alkaloid poppy; Board means the Poppy Advisory and Control Board established under ; Convention means the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs published by the United Nations, as amended from time to time; cultivate includes harvest; Department means the responsible Department in relation to this Part [Justice]; Appendix 4 manufacture includes refine and process and anything done for the purpose of refining or processing; meeting means a meeting of the Board; member means a member of the Board; Minister means the Minister having the administration of this Part [Justice]; process means to treat by mechanical, chemical or other artificial means but does not include harvesting.