Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) A person, whether
a pharmaceutical chemist or otherwise, shall not sell, supply, distribute or
dispense a poison for internal human use set out in Appendix K of the SUSDP
unless the container immediately containing the poison bears, or has securely
affixed to it a label bearing either of the following
statements —
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“This medicine may cause drowsiness. If affected do not drive a motor
vehicle or operate machinery. Avoid alcohol.”; or |
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“This medicine may cause drowsiness and may increase the effects of
alcohol. If affected do not drive a motor vehicle or operate
machinery.”. |
(2)
Subregulation (1) shall not apply to —
(a) a
person licensed pursuant to section 24(1)(a) of the Act; and
(b) the
supply by a medical practitioner of any poison or substance containing a
poison for the purposes of therapeutic treatment to a patient while that
patient is hospitalised.
(3) A statement set
out in subregulation (1) shall be in letters not less than 1.5 mm in
height and in a colour which provides a distinct contrast to the background
colour of the container or label on which the statement appears.
(4) In this
regulation —
height means the height of capital letters or
lower case letters having an ascender or a descender.
[Regulation 21A inserted in Gazette
11 Jul 1986 p. 2339; amended in Gazette 19 Mar 1988
p. 838; 24 Jun 1994 p. 2866; 19 Mar 1996
p. 1220.]
[ 22-24 . Deleted in Gazette 23 Nov 1990
p. 5792.]