Definitions

Question 1

Importation

Customs and Excise Act 2018

Answer 1

in relation to any goods, means the ARRIVAL of the goods in New Zealand in any manner, whether lawfully or unlawfully, from a point outside New Zealand

Question 2

New Zealand

Customs and Excise Act 2018

Answer 2

Means the land and the waters enclosed by the outer limits of the territorial sea of New Zealand.

Question 3

Controlled Drug
Misuse of Drugs Act 1975
(SPMA)

Answer 3

Means any substance, preparation, mixture or article SPECIFIED OR DESCRIBED in Schedule 1, Schedule 2 or Schedule 3 to MODA and includes any controlled drug analogue.

Question 4

Controlled Drug Analogue

Misuse of Drugs Act 1975

Answer 4

Means any substance, such as the substances SPECIFIED OR DESCRIBED in Part 7 of Schedule 3 of MODA, that has a structure substantially similar to that of any controlled drug;

but DOES NOT INCLUDE:

(a) Any substance specified or described in Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 or Parts 1 to 6 of Schedule 3 of MODA; or
(b) Any pharmacy-only medicine or prescription medicine or restricted medicine within the meaning of the Medicines Act 1981; or
(c) An approved product within the meaning of the Psychoactive Substances Act 2013

Question 5

Class A Controlled Drugs

Schedule 1, MODA 1975

Answer 5

Misuse poses very high risk of harm to individuals and to society. Includes:

Cocaine
Heroin
LSD
Methamphetamine
Psilocybine (found in magic mushrooms)

Question 6

Class B Controlled Drugs

Schedule 2, MODA 1975

Answer 6

Pose a high risk of harm. Includes:

Amphetamine
Cannabis preparations (such as cannabis oil and hashish)
GHB (Fantasy)
MDMA (Ecstasy)
Morphine
Opium
Pseudoephedrine
Ephedrine

Question 7

Class C Controlled Drugs

Schedule 3, MODA 1975

Answer 7

Moderate risk of harm. Includes:

Cannabis plant
Cannabis seeds
Benzylpiperazine (BZP)
Controlled drug analogues

Question 8

Produce (including compound)

Answer 8

Bring something into being, or to bring something into existence from its raw materials or elements.

Includes “compound,” meaning to create a whole by mixing or combining two or more elements/parts.

Question 9

Manufacture (synthesis)

Answer 9

Process of synthesis; combining components or processing raw materials to create a new substance.

Common examples include manufacturing methamphetamine from pseudoephedrine or manufacturing heroin from morphine.

Question 10

Equipment

Material

Answer 10

Not defined in statute.

Equipment includes implement, apparatus and other hardware used in manufacturing, producing, cultivating:

• glassware
• condensers
• heating mantles
• pots
• lights
• timers
• water pumps

Material is likely to include anything used in the process of producing, manufacturing or cultivating that cannot properly be described as equipment:

• chemicals (other than precursors)
• documents featuring instructions
• fertilisers, nutrients etc.

Question 11

Precursor

Answer 11

Fore-runner - something that comes before something else. A substance that is the starting point in a chemical process that will result in the creation of a new drug.

Any substance specified or described in Part 1, 2 or 3 of Schedule 4.

Examples:

• Acetic anhydride (precursor to heroin)
• Lysergic acid (LSD)
• Ephedrine or pseudoephedrine (meth, but are also Class B drugs)