Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 - SECT 12A

The Poisons List

12A. The Poisons List





(1) The Poisons List may contain-





   (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 Registration Board of Victoria
        under the Health Professions Registration Act 2005 or authorised under
        another Act, being Schedule 1 poisons; and

   (b)  a list of any of the substances in Schedule 1 of the Poisons List or
        Schedules 2 to 9 of the Commonwealth standard or the Appendices to the
        Commonwealth 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

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



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(3) The Poisons List may specify-



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   (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 Commonwealth standard relating to that matter, and
        any provision of that standard relating to the interpretation of any
        part of the standard so incorporated; and

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

(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
Commonwealth standard excludes that substance to the extent that it is
included in the list of exemptions under subsection (1)(c).



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