3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

(1)  The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this order as if this order were by-laws.

(2)  A reference in these regulations to a substance by name followed, in parentheses, by a capital letter "S" and a number is a reference to that substance when included in the correspondingly numbered Schedule to the Poisons List.

(3)  Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a substance specified in this order 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

(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.