6Meaning of “NSW Poisons Schedules”

6 Meaning of “NSW Poisons Schedules”

6 Meaning of “NSW Poisons Schedules”

(1) The Schedules to the Commonwealth Poisons Standard, as modified by the regulations—

(a) apply for the purposes of this Act, and

(b) are referred to in this Act as the NSW Poisons Schedules.

(2) For the purposes of determining the Schedule to which a substance belongs, or the meaning of a reference to a scheduled substance in this Act, the following provisions of the Commonwealth Poisons Standard apply, as modified by the regulations—

(a) the definitions,

(b) other interpretation provisions,

(c) the Appendices.

(3) The regulations may modify the application of provisions of the Commonwealth Poisons Standard for the purposes of this Act, including by doing the following—

(a) adding a substance to or omitting a substance from—

(i) a Schedule, or

(ii) an Appendix, or

(iii) a class or subclass of substances,

(b) excluding the following from the NSW Poisons Schedule—

(i) a Schedule or part of a Schedule,

(ii) an Appendix or part of an Appendix,

(iii) a class or subclass of substances or part of a class or subclass of substances,

(c) relocating a substance from a Schedule or Appendix to another Schedule or Appendix,

(d) relocating a substance from a class or subclass of substances to another class or subclass, whether for the purposes of the same Schedule or Appendix or another Schedule or Appendix,

(e) renaming a Schedule, Appendix or class or subclass of substances,

(f) adding a Schedule, Appendix or class or subclass of substances,

(g) creating a category of substances for a Schedule or Appendix,

(h) modifying the interpretative provisions specified in subsection (2).