South Australian Consolidated Acts

DRUGS ACT 1908 - SECT 5B

5B—Declaration of poisons, and controlled therapeutic substances and devices

        (1)         The Governor may by proclamation from time to time—

            (aa)         declare that any article specified in the proclamation is a poison, or a poison of a specified class, within the meaning of this Act;

            (a)         declare that any drug specified in the proclamation shall be a controlled therapeutic substance within the meaning of this Act;

            (ab)         declare that any device specified in the proclamation shall be a controlled therapeutic device within the meaning of this Act;

            (b)         vary or revoke any proclamation for the time being in force under this section.

        (2)         A proclamation made before the commencement of the Food and Drugs Act Amendment Act 1981 that purported to declare an article to be a poison within the meaning of this Act, or a proclamation that purported to vary or revoke any such proclamation, shall for all purposes be deemed to have been validly made.