Medicines and Poisons Act 2019
sec.11Meaning of medicine
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sec.11 Meaning of medicine
A medicine is— a substance to which the Poisons Standard, schedule 2 applies (an S2 medicine ); or a substance to which the Poisons Standard, schedule 3 applies (an S3 medicine ); or a substance to which the Poisons Standard, schedule 4 applies (an S4 medicine ); or a substance to which the Poisons Standard, schedule 8 applies (an S8 medicine ). However, a substance mentioned in subsection (1) is not a medicine to the extent it is treated as a poison under section 12 (2) . A regulation may prescribe another substance to be an S2, S3, S4 or S8 medicine. (sec.11-ssec.1) A medicine is— a substance to which the Poisons Standard, schedule 2 applies (an S2 medicine ); or a substance to which the Poisons Standard, schedule 3 applies (an S3 medicine ); or a substance to which the Poisons Standard, schedule 4 applies (an S4 medicine ); or a substance to which the Poisons Standard, schedule 8 applies (an S8 medicine ). (sec.11-ssec.2) However, a substance mentioned in subsection (1) is not a medicine to the extent it is treated as a poison under section 12 (2) . (sec.11-ssec.3) A regulation may prescribe another substance to be an S2, S3, S4 or S8 medicine.
- (a) a substance to which the Poisons Standard, schedule 2 applies (an S2 medicine ); or
- (b) a substance to which the Poisons Standard, schedule 3 applies (an S3 medicine ); or
- (c) a substance to which the Poisons Standard, schedule 4 applies (an S4 medicine ); or
- (d) a substance to which the Poisons Standard, schedule 8 applies (an S8 medicine ).