Poisons Regulations 2018
43Storage of poisons, &c.
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43 Storage of poisons, &c.
(1) Where, at any premises, a person has possession, custody or control of, for sale or supply, a substance specified in Schedule 7 of the Poisons List, the person must keep the substance in a part of the premises that is partitioned off or otherwise separated from any part of the premises that is readily accessible to the public.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
(2) A chemist, medical practitioner, dentist, endorsed midwife, authorised nurse practitioner, veterinary surgeon, optometrist, podiatrist or authorised health professional who sells or supplies any substance specified in Schedule 3 or 4 to the Poisons List must keep it in either of the following so that the public does not have access to the substance:
(a) a storeroom;
(b) the dispensary.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
(3) If a person has possession, custody or control of, for sale or supply, a substance specified in Schedule 2 of the Poisons List –
(a) at premises which are not a pharmacy, the person must keep the substance behind a serving counter or in such other manner as to ensure that it is not readily accessible to the public; or
(b) at a pharmacy, the person must keep the substance as specified in paragraph (a) or on a horizontal shelf that is –
(i) affixed to, or placed immediately against, an internal wall or partition separating the dispensary from the remainder of the premises; or
(ii) not more than 4 metres from, and in clear line of sight of, the dispensary; or
(iii) susceptible, in such other manner as may be approved by the Secretary, of close supervision from the dispensary.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
(4) Where a person has possession, custody or control of, for sale or supply, a poison, the person must keep it separate and apart from other goods suitable for human or animal consumption in such a way that, if the container of the poison breaks or leaks, the poison will not intermix with or contaminate those goods.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.