Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012
16When medicines and poisons standard applies to substances
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16 When medicines and poisons standard applies to substances For this Act, a Schedule or Appendix to the medicines and poisons standard applies to a substance in a circumstance if: (a) the substance is included in the Schedule or Appendix; and (b) either: (i) the standard does not, in the circumstance, exclude the substance from the operation of the Schedule or Appendix; or (ii) a restriction in the standard applies in relation to the substance in the circumstance. Example for paragraph (b)(ii) If a Schedule 2 substance is listed as restricted "for human therapeutic use" and the substance is included only in that schedule, the standard applies to the substance only for human therapeutic use.