Consultation on a proposed kava pilot program to ease restrictions on importing kava into Australia for personal use.
This consultation closed on 22 March 2019.
The Office of Drug Control sought comments from interested parties on the options concerning the announcement by the Prime Minister, the Hon Scott Morrison MP, to put together a pilot program to ease some of the limitations on importation of kava into Australia for personal use.
The consultation sought feedback on:
Interested parties should respond by close of business 22 March 2019.
Feedback will be released following consideration of submissions. (See What will happen).
On the 16 January 2019, the Prime Minister announced a pilot program would be put together to ease some of the restrictions on importation of kava, for personal use, into Australia.
The consultation paper has been prepared to enable interested parties to provide feedback on the pilot.
Submissions may address any, or all, of the Pilot Program to ease restrictions on the importation of kava for personal use, or other identified issues.
In addition, submissions might include:
Any questions relating to submissions should be directed to the Narcotics Control Section by email to ncs@health.gov.au.
All submissions will be placed on this website unless marked confidential or indicated otherwise in the submission form (see Privacy information).
The feedback on the consultation paper will be used to inform decisions on the pilot plan to ease some of the limitations on importation of kava into Australia for personal use.
