Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012
246Restricted Schedule 4 and 8 substances
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246 Restricted Schedule 4 and 8 substances declare: (a) a Schedule 4 substance to be a restricted Schedule 4 (b) a Schedule 8 substance to be a restricted Schedule 8 (2) Before doing so, the CHO must ask the Committee for its advice on the proposed declaration. (3) The CHO may make the declaration only after considering the Committee's advice on the proposed declaration. (4) For a restricted Schedule 4 substance, the declaration must state the conditions applying to the issue of a prescription for the supply of, or the supply or administration of, the substance. (5) Subject to subsection (4), the conditions stated in the declaration in relation to the substance are in addition to any control in relation to the substance in Appendix D to the medicines and poisons standard. (6) The declaration prevails to the extent of any inconsistency between: (a) a condition stated in the declaration; and (b) a provision of this Act or any control in relation to the substance in Appendix D to the medicines and poisons standard.