Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2008
13Meaning of prohibited substance and schedule 10
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13 Meaning of prohibited substance and schedule 10 substance—Act prohibited substance— (a) means a substance to which the medicines and poisons standard, schedule 9 applies; but (b) does not include cannabis food products. Note Sch 9 substances are generally illegal substances that are subject to abuse. They include some derivatives of the scheduled substances (see s 16 (2)). schedule 10 substance means a substance to which the medicines and poisons standard, schedule 10 applies. Note Sch 10 substances are substances, other than those in sch 9, the sale, supply and use of which is prohibited because of the degree of danger to health they represent. The schedule includes some derivatives of the substances to which the schedule applies (see s 16 (2)). cannabis food product—see the Drugs of Dependence Act 1989, section 6.
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