Poisons Act 1971
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[Section 93 Subsection (2) amended by No. 27 of 1984, s. 46 ][Section 93 Subsection (2) amended by No. 43 of 1991, s. 5 and Sched. 1 ][Section 93 Subsection (6) amended by No. 68 of 1994, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]**[Section 93 Subsection (6) amended by No. 8 of 1996, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]
(1) The Governor may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.
(2) [Section 93 Subsection (2) amended by No. 23 of 2022, s. 44, Applied:24 Oct 2022] *[Section 93 Subsection (2) amended by No. 95 of 1973, s. 11 and Sched. 1 ]*In addition to the regulations authorised to be made by any other provision of this Act, the Governor may make regulations for or with respect to–
(a) the manufacture, possession, sale, supply, storage, and safe custody of hazardous poisons and domestic poisons, including the specifications of receptacles used for the storage thereof, and the words or warning notices to be painted on, or affixed to, those receptacles, and the manner of keeping or storing substances in those receptacles and prohibiting the keeping or storage in those receptacles of any substances specified in the regulations;
(b) the kind or description of containers and packages in which scheduled substances may be sold or supplied and the size, shape, colour, and materials thereof, and the manner of sealing any such containers and packages and prohibiting the use of any such containers and packages for other substances;
(c) the marking and labelling of containers and packages in which scheduled substances or any prescribed classes or kinds of those substances, are cased, covered, enclosed, contained, or packed and the particulars (including antidotes) to be shown in labels attached to those containers and packages or in or on those containers and packages themselves;
(ca) prohibiting the advertising of potent substances and restricted substances, except in specified publications or a specified class of publications, or in specified circumstances, or in accordance with or subject to specified conditions or restrictions;
(d) the regulation, control, and restriction of the contents of labels attached to or inserted in containers and packages containing a scheduled substance and of advertisements relating to such a substance and the prohibition of the use in any such labels or advertisements of claims, statements, words, and devices indicating or suggesting that the substance to which they relate may be used, or is effective, for a particular purpose;