- Laws of Fiji

Last Updated: 1 August 2022

[CUS 12,175] SCHEDULE 1 GOODS THE IMPORTATION OF WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED

[Sch 1 am LN 51 of 1990 reg 2, effective 30 March 1990; LN 100 of 1990 reg 3, effective 21 November 1990; LN 138 of 1992 reg 4, effective 6 November 1992; LN 146 of 1992 reg 4, effective 6 November 1992; LN 6 of 1994 reg 3, effective 14 January 1994; LN 138 of 1997 reg 4, effective 21 November 1997; LN 76 of 2005 reg 2, effective 22 December 2005; LN 84 of 2007 reg 2, effective 1 September 2007; LN 12 of 2012 reg 2, effective 13 January 2012; LN 7 of 2013 reg 2, effective 1 November 2012; LN 99 of 2016 reg 56, effective 1 December 2016; LN 43 of 2017 reg 2, effective 30 June 2017; LN 31 of 2019 reg 2, effective 8 June 2019; LN 119 of 2019 reg 2, effective 1 January 2020; LN 70 of 2020 reg 3, effective 1 August 2020; LN 109 of 2020 reg 2, effective 1 January 2021; LN 32 of 2021 reg 2, effective 26 March 2021; LN 69 of 2021 reg 3, effective 1 August 2021; LN 111 of 2021 reg 2, effective 1 August 2021; LN 101 of 2022 reg 2, effective 1 August 2022]

Goods the importation of which is prohibited absolutely.

Item No	Description of goods
1.	All goods having thereon or on the cover thereof any words, marks or designs of a seditious nature, or of a nature calculated in the opinion of the Minister to disturb the peace and order of Fiji.
2.	All written-off vehicles: The importing of all written-off vehicles is absolutely prohibited and is not allowed for importation.
3.	Counterfeit coin, imitation or counterfeit bank notes.
4.	Illicit Drugs including—
		Raw Opium.
		Any seed of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) or any portion of the plant except any product containing seed or part of the plant (Papaver somniferum) that is no longer capable of germination, as certified under the Biosecurity Act 2008 that the product has been sterilised and no longer capable of germination, including an exemption certificate issued under the Illicit Drugs Control Act 2004.
		Indian Hemp (Cannabis Sativa or Cannabis Indica).
		Any resin obtained from Indian Hemp and preparation of which such resins form the base.
		Any seed of Indian Hemp or any portion of the plant.
		Coca Leaf.
		Any seed of Coca Leaf or any portion of the plant.
		Prepared Opium.
		Opium pipes or other utensils for use in connection with the smoking of Opium or any utensil for use in connection with the preparation of Opium for consumption.
		Lysergide (N.N. Diethyl-lysergamide);
		Mescaline (3, 4, 5-trimethylosy-phenethylamine);
		Peyotl (Namely, any part of the plant of the species ‘laphophora williamsi or laphophora lewinii’).
		In this Schedule, references to hemp or the Cannabis plant (or any part of the Cannabis plant) do not include hemp, or parts of the plant derived from hemp, with a Tetrahydrocannabinol concentration not exceeding 1%.
5.	Goods which in the opinion of the Minister are of a dangerous character and a menace to the community, including—
	(a)	daggers;
	(b)	electric shock sticks;
	(c)	flick knives;
	(d)	gravity knives;
	(e)	knuckle dusters;
	(f)	sword sticks;
	(g)	attaché cases capable of discharging electric shock of 30,000 volts; and
	(h)	taser public defender.
6.	Goods that, whether of their own nature of having regard to any literary or other work or matter that is embodied, recorded or reproduced in, or can be reproduced from, the goods—
	(a)	are blasphemous, indecent, or obscene; or
	(b)	unduly emphasise matters of sex, horror, violence or crime, or are likely to encourage depravity,
	and advertising matter relating to such goods.
7.	Pasta, chips, noodles and biscuits that have a remaining shelf life of not less than 3 months for commercial purposes only.
8.	Manufactured fireworks containing potassium chlorate or other chlorates in admixture with sulphur or any sulphides, phosporus or aluminium powder with or without the addition of any other substances.
9.	Matches made with a substance usually known as yellow or white phosphorus.
10.	The drug Thalidomide and any preparation containing that drug.
11.	Chemical warfare gas and devices and apparatus designed for use with that gas.
12.	The following—
	(a)	all tubers, bulbs, corms, rhizomes, peanuts and other oil seeds not including any product composed of or made therefrom, intended for human consumption, which has been subjected to a manufacturing process other than or in addition to rolling, flaking, pearling or milling;
	(b)	all cereal grains, pulses and legumes and products composed or made therefrom including stock feed, not including—
		(i)	polished rice and pulses intended for human consumption;
		(ii)	products composed of or made from cereal grains, pulses and legumes intended for human consumption which have been subject to any manufacturing process other than or in addition to rolling, flaking, pearling or milling,
		from all countries except Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Taiwan, the United States of America and all Pacific Territories other than the French Pacific Territories and Vanuatu, provided that flour and sharps manufactured in mills and by a process approved by the Biosecurity Authority of Fiji may be imported from France;
	(c)	in the last preceding subparagraph the word “pulses” means “dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split”.
13.	The drug Phenacetin or of any drug combination or any other substances whatsoever containing phenacetin.
14.	Weights or measures, or weighing or measuring instruments, graduated in imperial or in both imperial and metric units, and used for the purpose of trade.
15.	The drug Novalgin containing the active ingredient Dipyrone or of any drug combination or any other substance whatsoever containing Dipyrone.
16.	Shark fins.
17.	Live coral.
18.	A plastic bag as defined in section 45A(1) of the Environment Management Act 2005 but not including any plastic bag exempted under section 45A(1)(a)(v) of that Act.
19.	A polystyrene product as defined in section 45B(1) of the Environment Management Act 2005 but not including any polystyrene product exempted under section 45B(5)(b) of that Act.