aussie nicotine laws/importing

so we have just ordered all our kits, hardware and eliquids from the states from 4 different vendors and i am terrified that we will get our asses pulled into customs for bringing to much eliquid. i know that you can only have a 3 month supply, but what is a 3 month supply? overall we have 240ml coming in from the states which would be 120ml per person. i worked out roughly we would need 15ml per week which puts us way under what a 3 month supply would be, but i cant seem to find a number that states the legal amount you can have.

anyway i just wanted to know previous peoples experiences and whether or not they have had troubles with customs and what you would consider a 3 month supply

ps. we are in WA

 

I've never heard of anyone having problems with customs. I'm not saying it's never happened but only that I've never heard of it.
Honestly... I think with hard drugs and other illegal items to worry about they have "bigger fish to fry" right now. Not to mention the recent developments in the Middle East.

And being in WA shouldn't make a difference at this stage.

 

Just chill! it will be all ok. There is a lot of paranoia out there regarding this stuff. Many members here have recently imported a litre of 100mg nicotine without any issues so I would imagine that your supply will not be a problem at all.

cheers

 

I received 1 litre of nicotine last week, no problem with customs, don't think they even touched it.

 

awesome thanks so much for your quick replies! The laws are very foggy, silly politicians!

 

Yeah I had no worries importing ~2.5L a few months back, customs had a nice look through the packaging and broke the safety seals on some of the bottles though, you'll be fine.

 

There really is no 3 Month supply law - 2 liters 100mg nic was no problem at all....

 

There is a 3 month personal supply law. But I am guessing it is just to sway the possibility of huge quantities being imported for retail purposes, and not just to limit the individual.

 

Are you sure?
I have heard it mentioned a lot (mostly on vendor sites) but have yet to find where this law is detailed

Happy to be wrong, would just like to know where I can get the details.

 

Do you have a source on that? When I researched this last, all I found were laws preventing importation of more than 3 months supply of any goods marked as therapeutic, which nicotine is not (at least in my experience)

 

So having a look at this a bit deeper, the Assumption is that THIS Personal Importation Scheme applies.
Yet from Customs we have this letter (found HERE - worth taking a look as it has links to the various state legislation that may apply)



So it think that the answer is the DoHA have the personal importation scheme which according to Customs interpretation does not cover nicotine as " the Department does not consider an import control is warranted in the short term "

So no 3 month supply law.
(But there may be other state legislation that could limit or even prohibit nicotine importation)
But as I said - I have imported 2 liters of nic in a single delivery with no problems at all....

 

skoville beat me to it :topsy_turvy:

 

The TGA released a media statement regarding this. Basically it's a load of crap and always has been, unless you can find a doctor who will prescribe it that has the.comthority to do so.

Liquid nicotine and personal importation for use in electronic cigarettes

 

No there's not... That's based on the TGA Therapeutic Goods Importation scheme. The TGA have outright said, Nicotine does not fall into this category.

 

"The relative freedom which we enjoy depends on public opinion. The law is no protection. Governments make laws, but whether they are carried out, and how the police behave, depends on the general temper in the country." - George Orwell

 

Yes, can someone tell me what constitutes 3 months supply? 1 litre, 5 litres....??

 

There's no definition of "3 months supply" be.comse there is no such restriction.

 

There is no set quantity of what that is, enjoy the fact that we are currently living in a little unregulated loophole at the moment. BUT use your best judgement in that ordering something like a 4 gallon drum of something with a giant POISON sticker on it may have the potential to bother whoever is handling that shipment in customs. In our world it only takes one knucklehad's brazen arrogance in the face of a government department or law enforcement to potentially fark it up for everyone else. Like an entire state for example. Quote me on that if you like.

 

The customs site itself is probably the best source of information - Alcohol/Cig/Tobacco2.

You're best off reading the whole lot, but here's a short extract (my emphasis):

 

Not what I asked.

The three month supply thing has been bandied about since I've been here. I just wanted to know how much that actually was?