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Poisons Act 1971
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### 5 Construction of Act
> *\[Section 5 Amended by No. 97 of 1987, s. 9 \]**\[Section 5 Amended by No. 68 of 1994, s. 3 and Sched. 1 \]**\[Section 5 Amended by No. 8 of 1996, s. 3 and Sched. 1 \]*The provisions of this Act are in addition to, and not in derogation of, the provisions of –
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> > > (a) [*\[Section 5 Amended by No. 90 of 2001, Sched. 6, Applied:01 Apr 2002\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-04-01/act-2001-090#JS6@Ja6@GC2@EN) [*\[Section 5 Amended by No. 3 of 2010, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2010\]*](/view/html/inforce/2010-07-01/act-2010-003#JS1@Ja53@GC2@EN) the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania);
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> > > (b) the [Fertilizers Act 1993](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1993-061) ;
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> > > (c) [*\[Section 5 Amended by No. 8 of 2003, Sched. 2, Applied:15 Oct 2003\]*](/view/html/inforce/2003-10-15/act-2003-008#JS2@Ja3@GC1@EN) the [Public Health Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1997-086) ; and
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> > > (ca) [*\[Section 5 Amended by No. 8 of 2003, Sched. 2, Applied:15 Oct 2003\]*](/view/html/inforce/2003-10-15/act-2003-008#JS2@Ja3@GC1@EN) the [Food Act 2003](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2003-999) ; and
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> > > (d) the [Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 1995](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1995-106) –
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> but the provisions of those Acts shall be read subject to the express provisions of this Act, and, where a provision of any of those Acts is inconsistent with a provision of this Act, the last-mentioned provision, to the extent of the inconsistency, prevails.