Richard Di Natale (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

You have said in your answer, Minister, the conditions for which a substance may be restricted, and you have also said that the onus will be on the importer. What you have not demonstrated, and what I need an answer to, is: how does an importer demonstrate to the authorities that this is not a psychoactive substance that should be captured by this definition? For example, I am company X; I import product Y into the market. The authorities say to me, 'We suspect that this may be a substance that has psychoactive properties. We are going to restrict the importation of your product.' How do I satisfy the authorities that this substance does not have psychoactive properties that are intended to be captured by this bill? How do I, as the importer, satisfy to the authorities that my substance should not be captured by this piece of legislation?