Medicines and Poisons Act 2019
sec.12Meaning of poison
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sec.12 Meaning of poison
A poison is any of the following substances, other than a fumigant or pesticide— a substance to which the Poisons Standard, schedule 5 applies (an S5 poison ); a substance to which the Poisons Standard, schedule 6 applies (an S6 poison ); a substance to which the Poisons Standard, schedule 7 applies (an S7 poison ). A medicine is treated as a poison under this Act if the medicine is not used, or is not intended to be used, for a therapeutic use. See the Poisons Standard, part 1 for the definition therapeutic use . Subsection (2) does not apply to waste from a medicine disposed of because it is not required for a therapeutic use. A regulation may prescribe another substance to be an S5, S6 or S7 poison. (sec.12-ssec.1) A poison is any of the following substances, other than a fumigant or pesticide— a substance to which the Poisons Standard, schedule 5 applies (an S5 poison ); a substance to which the Poisons Standard, schedule 6 applies (an S6 poison ); a substance to which the Poisons Standard, schedule 7 applies (an S7 poison ). (sec.12-ssec.2) A medicine is treated as a poison under this Act if the medicine is not used, or is not intended to be used, for a therapeutic use. See the Poisons Standard, part 1 for the definition therapeutic use . (sec.12-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not apply to waste from a medicine disposed of because it is not required for a therapeutic use. (sec.12-ssec.4) A regulation may prescribe another substance to be an S5, S6 or S7 poison.
- (a) a substance to which the Poisons Standard, schedule 5 applies (an S5 poison );
- (b) a substance to which the Poisons Standard, schedule 6 applies (an S6 poison );
- (c) a substance to which the Poisons Standard, schedule 7 applies (an S7 poison ).