South Australian Consolidated Acts

DRUGS ACT 1908 - SECT 5

5—Interpretation

In this Act, except where otherwise clearly intended—

"adulterated drug" shall mean any drug which differs in composition, by reason either of the addition of foreign matter or of the abstraction of any matter, from the drug ordinarily known under the same name as that which the said drug is represented to be, or which differs from the standard (if any) of such drug fixed by regulation under this Act;

"analyst" shall mean an analyst appointed under this Act;

"controlled therapeutic device" means a device which, pursuant to a proclamation in force under this Act, is for the time being a controlled therapeutic device;

"controlled therapeutic substance" means a drug which, pursuant to any proclamation in force under this Act, is for the time being a controlled therapeutic substance;

"drug" means—

            (a)         any substance capable of being used for any one or more of the purposes mentioned below, namely—

                  (i)         preventing, diagnosing, curing, or alleviating any disease, ailment, defect or injury in man or animals;

                  (ii)         influencing, inhibiting or modifying a physiological process in man or animals;

                  (iii)         testing susceptibility to a disease or ailment in man or animals;

                  (iv)         surgical ligatures, sutures and dressings;

            (b)         any preservative, antiseptic, disinfectant, deodorant or narcotic;

            (c)         cosmetics;

            (d)         laundry and toilet soap intended for sale to the public by retail;

"Government analyst" means the person for the time being holding the office of Government analyst under appointment by the Governor, or the person so appointed to perform the duties of the Government analyst for the time being;

"health surveyor" means a person appointed under this Act to be a health surveyor and includes the Chief Health Surveyor;

"patent medicines" includes all proprietary and secret medicines and all infant and patent foods;

"person" includes any body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate;

"poisons" means such articles as the Governor by proclamation published in the Government Gazette from time to time declares to be poisons within the meaning of this Act;

"premises" includes a motor vehicle, a mobile unit and any temporary structure;

"this Act" includes any regulation made under this Act.