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This order may be cited as the Poisons (Adoption of Uniform Standard) Order 2012 .
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This order makes the schedules of the Uniform Standard the operative Poisons List for the Poisons Act 1971 and sets rules for how listed substances are read and measured (what counts as the same substance, how percentage and concentration are calculated, and the reference boiling point).
It affects manufacturers, importers, pharmacists, prescribers and regulators who must classify, label, store and supply substances to meet the List and its exceptions, changing who decides availability and adding routine testing, labelling and record-keeping costs.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Poisons (Adoption of Uniform Standard) Order 2012.
This order may be cited as the Poisons (Adoption of Uniform Standard) Order 2012 .
This order takes effect on 1 July 2012.
The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this order as if this order were by-laws.
[Clause 4 Substituted by S.R. 2025, No. 59, Applied:03 Dec 2025] Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the Uniform Standard are adopted as the Poisons List for the purposes of the Poisons Act 1971 .
(1) Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a substance specified in the Poisons List includes –
(a) that substance prepared from natural sources or artificially; and
(b) where the substance is a plant (other than a plant included in Schedule 8 or 9 to the Poisons List or a prohibited plant), that plant, or any part of it, when packed or prepared for therapeutic use; and
(c) any salt, active principal or derivative of the substance, including esters and ethers and any salt of the active principal or derivative; and
(d) any alkaloid of the substance and any salt of the alkaloid; and
(e) any stereo-isomer of the substance and any salt of the stereo-isomer; and
(f) any recombinant form of the substance; and
(g) a preparation or admixture containing any proportion of the substance –
but does not include –
(h) a preparation or product included in Appendix A to the Uniform Standard; or
(ha) [Clause 5 Subclause (1) amended by S.R. 2025, No. 59, Applied:03 Dec 2025] a substance included in the table in clause 3 of Appendix B to the Uniform Standard when used in an area, sub-area or sub-sub-area of use specified in that table in relation to the substance; or
(i) a substance included in Appendix G to the Uniform Standard at a concentration not exceeding the concentration specified in column 2 of that Appendix in respect of that substance; or
(j) any other substance included in Schedules 1 to 6, inclusive, to the Poisons List at a concentration not exceeding 10mg per litre or 10mg per kilogram, unless that substance is also included in Schedule 7 or 8 to that List; or
(k) any substance present as an impurity in a pesticide, at a concentration at or below the maximum content for that substance specified for the pesticide in the Standards for Active Constituents, as published by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority.
(2) Unless the contrary intention appears, where a concentration, strength or quantity is specified in the Poisons List in respect of a substance –
(a) if the substance is present as a salt, active principal or derivative (including an ester or ether), the concentration, strength or quantity is calculated as the equivalent amount of the substance that is listed in the Poisons List; and
(b) the expression "1%" means –
(i) in the case of a liquid preparation, one gram of the substance per 100 millilitres of the preparation; or
(ii) in the case of a solid or semi-solid preparation or a pressurised spray aerosol preparation, one gram of the substance per 100 grams of the preparation –
and any expression of a greater or lesser percentage has a corresponding meaning; and
(c) in the case of codeine, such concentration, strength or quantity is calculated as anhydrous codeine.
(3) [Clause 5 Subclause (3) amended by S.R. 2025, No. 59, Applied:03 Dec 2025] A reference to a boiling or distillation temperature in the Poisons List means that temperature at an atmospheric pressure of 101.325kPa (760 millimetres of mercury).
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 29 June 2012
This order is administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.
Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
This order may be cited as the Poisons (Adoption of Uniform Standard) Order 2012 .
This order takes effect on 1 July 2012.
The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this order as if this order were by-laws.
[Clause 4 Substituted by S.R. 2025, No. 59, Applied:03 Dec 2025] Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the Uniform Standard are adopted as the Poisons List for the purposes of the Poisons Act 1971 .
(1) Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a substance specified in the Poisons List includes –
(a) that substance prepared from natural sources or artificially; and
(b) where the substance is a plant (other than a plant included in Schedule 8 or 9 to the Poisons List or a prohibited plant), that plant, or any part of it, when packed or prepared for therapeutic use; and
(c) any salt, active principal or derivative of the substance, including esters and ethers and any salt of the active principal or derivative; and
(d) any alkaloid of the substance and any salt of the alkaloid; and
(e) any stereo-isomer of the substance and any salt of the stereo-isomer; and
(f) any recombinant form of the substance; and
(g) a preparation or admixture containing any proportion of the substance –
but does not include –
(h) a preparation or product included in Appendix A to the Uniform Standard; or
(ha) a substance included in the table in clause 3 of Appendix B to the Uniform Standard when used in an area, sub-area or sub-sub-area of use specified in that table in relation to the substance; or
(i) a substance included in Appendix G to the Uniform Standard at a concentration not exceeding the concentration specified in column 2 of that Appendix in respect of that substance; or
(j) any other substance included in Schedules 1 to 6, inclusive, to the Poisons List at a concentration not exceeding 10mg per litre or 10mg per kilogram, unless that substance is also included in Schedule 7 or 8 to that List; or
(k) any substance present as an impurity in a pesticide, at a concentration at or below the maximum content for that substance specified for the pesticide in the Standards for Active Constituents, as published by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority.
(2) Unless the contrary intention appears, where a concentration, strength or quantity is specified in the Poisons List in respect of a substance –
(a) if the substance is present as a salt, active principal or derivative (including an ester or ether), the concentration, strength or quantity is calculated as the equivalent amount of the substance that is listed in the Poisons List; and
(b) the expression "1%" means –
(i) in the case of a liquid preparation, one gram of the substance per 100 millilitres of the preparation; or
(ii) in the case of a solid or semi-solid preparation or a pressurised spray aerosol preparation, one gram of the substance per 100 grams of the preparation –
and any expression of a greater or lesser percentage has a corresponding meaning; and
(c) in the case of codeine, such concentration, strength or quantity is calculated as anhydrous codeine.
(3) [Clause 5 Subclause (3) amended by S.R. 2025, No. 59, Applied:03 Dec 2025] A reference to a boiling or distillation temperature in the Poisons List means that temperature at an atmospheric pressure of 101.325kPa (760 millimetres of mercury).
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 29 June 2012
This order is administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.