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Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
12KCommencement of Poisons Code and incorporated materials
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12K Commencement of Poisons Code and incorporated materials
(1) The Poisons Code or an amendment to that Code takes effect on the date fixed for that purpose by notice under section 12G.
S. 12K(2) amended by No. 75/2014 s. 17.
(2) If the Poisons Code incorporates by reference a part of the Poisons Standard as in force from time to time, and that part is amended, varied, superseded or remade, the amendment, variation or superseding or remaking material takes effect on the date fixed for that purpose by notice published in the Government Gazette.
(3) On the date of commencement of material incorporated by reference in the Poisons Code that remakes or supersedes any earlier matter, that earlier matter ceases to have effect to the extent that it is part of the Code.
S. 12K(4) inserted by No. 39/2024 s. 88.
(4) If the Poisons Code incorporates by reference a provision of the Poisons Standard as in force from time to time, and that provision is amended, substituted or revoked under section 12E(1E), the amendment, substitution or revocation takes effect on the date fixed for that purpose by notice published in the Government Gazette.
S. 12L inserted by No. 42/1993 s. 38, amended by No. 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1).