New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS REGULATION 2008 - REG 7

7 Packaging and labelling generally

(1) A dealer who supplies a poison must ensure that the poison is packaged and labelled:

(a) in accordance with the relevant provisions of the current Poisons Standard, and

(b) in the case of a poison to which Therapeutic Goods Order No. 80 applies, in accordance with that Order.

(2) This clause does not apply to the labelling of a substance that is supplied by an authorised practitioner or pharmacist so long as the substance is supplied in a package that is labelled in accordance with the requirements of Appendix A.

(3) A pharmacist who supplies any quantity of a Schedule 2 or 3 substance on prescription must ensure that the substance is supplied in a package that is labelled in accordance with the requirements of Appendix A instead of in accordance with the requirements of subclause (1).

(4) Despite subclause (1), an authorised practitioner or pharmacist who supplies a poison to a person who, in the opinion of the authorised practitioner or pharmacist, would suffer undue hardship through difficulty in opening a container that is packaged in accordance with Therapeutic Goods Order No. 80 , is not required to package the poison in accordance with that Order.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.