Medicines and Poisons (Poisons and Prohibited Substances) Regulation 2021
sec.70Retail sale and storage of S6 poisons
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sec.70 Retail sale and storage of S6 poisons
A person selling an S6 poison by retail must take all reasonable steps to ensure the poison— is stored or sold in child-resistant packaging; or is not stored or sold within reach of children under 4 years. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. See the Poisons Standard, part 1 for the definition of child-resistant packaging . A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if the person stores the S6 poison in compliance with the document called the ‘National guideline for retail storage of schedule 6 and schedule 7 poisons’ made by the Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council. (sec.70-ssec.1) A person selling an S6 poison by retail must take all reasonable steps to ensure the poison— is stored or sold in child-resistant packaging; or is not stored or sold within reach of children under 4 years. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. See the Poisons Standard, part 1 for the definition of child-resistant packaging . (sec.70-ssec.2) A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if the person stores the S6 poison in compliance with the document called the ‘National guideline for retail storage of schedule 6 and schedule 7 poisons’ made by the Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council.
- (a) is stored or sold in child-resistant packaging; or
- (b) is not stored or sold within reach of children under 4 years.