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DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 12A

The Poisons List

S. 12A(1) amended by No. 74/2004 s. 7(1)(a).

    (1)     The Poisons List may contain—

S. 12A(1)(a) substituted by No. 74/2004 s. 7(1)(b), amended by Nos 97/2005 s. 182(Sch. 4 item 16.3), 27/2012 s. 11.

        (a)     a list of substances that are of plant, animal or mineral origin that in the public interest should be available only from a person registered by the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law or authorised under another Act, being Schedule 1 poisons; and

S. 12A(1)(b) amended by Nos 74/2004 s. 7(1)(c), 75/2014 s. 12(1).

        (b)     a list of any of the substances in Schedule 1 of the Poisons List or Schedules 2 to 9 of the Poisons Standard or the Appendices to the Poisons Standard that are not for general sale by retail but can only be supplied to persons specifically authorised by this Act or the Regulations, or with a permit or warrant under this Act, to obtain them; and

S. 12A(1)(c) amended by Nos 74/2004 s. 7(1)(d), 75/2014 s. 12(2).

        (c)     a list of exemptions from Schedule 1 of the Poisons List or Schedules 2 to 9 of the Poisons Standard.

S. 12A(2) repealed by No. 74/2004 s. 7(2).

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    (3)     The Poisons List may specify—

S. 12A(3)(a) repealed by No. 74/2004 s. 7(3).

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S. 12A(3)(b) amended by No. 75/2014 s. 12(3)(a).

        (b)     any substance in the list of substances that are not for general sale by retail by incorporating by reference any provisions (including appendices) in the Poisons Standard relating to that matter, and any provision of that standard relating to the interpretation of any part of the standard so incorporated; and

S. 12A(3)(c) amended by No. 75/2014 s. 12(3)(b).

        (c)     any substances in the list of exemptions by incorporating by reference any provisions (including appendices) in the Poisons Standard relating to substances that are wholly or partially exempted from the standard.

S. 12A(4) substituted by No. 74/2004 s. 7(4), amended by No. 75/2014 s. 12(4).

    (4)     In this Act, a reference to a particular substance in Schedule 1 of the Poisons List or to a particular substance in Schedules 2 to 9 of the Poisons Standard excludes that substance to the extent that it is included in the list of exemptions under subsection (1)(c).

S. 12A Table amended by Nos 23/1994 s. 118(Sch. 1 item 17.3), 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1), 18/2000 s. 97, repealed by No. 74/2004 s. 7(5).

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S. 12B inserted by No. 42/1993 s. 38, amended by No. 75/2014 s. 13.



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