“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
“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
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