Poisons Standard 2008
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Schedule 7 poisons
- (1) A person must not possess or use a Schedule 7 poison for domestic or domestic garden purposes.
(2) A person must not sell or supply:
(a) a Schedule 7 poison for domestic or domestic garden purposes; or
(b) a Schedule 7 poison being a liquid preparation containing paraquat unless it is coloured blue or green and contains sufficient stenching agent to produce an offensive smell; or
(c) a Schedule 7 poison for which an authorisation to possess or use is required by sub-paragraph (3) unless the purchaser produces his or her authorisation.
(3) A person must not possess or use any of the following Schedule 7 poisons unless he or she is authorised to do so by the appropriate authority:
Arsenic
Cyanides
Fluoroacetic acid
Fluoroacetamide
Hydrocyanic acid
Strychnine
Thallium.
(4) The appropriate authority may exempt a person or a class of persons from the requirement to hold an authorisation under sub-paragraph (3) and may vary or revoke the exemption by notice in writing.
Prohibitions on sale, prescribing and possession
- A person must not:
(1) knowingly have in his or her possession or sell, supply or use a substance listed in Appendix C of this Standard for the purpose or purposes indicated in relation to that poison in Appendix C; or
(2) sell or supply, other than by way of wholesale dealing, or prescribe a poison listed in Appendix D paragraphs 1, 2, 3 or 4 except in accordance with the provisions indicated for that poison in Appendix D; or
(3) knowingly have in his or her possession a poison listed in Appendix D paragraph 5 without authority.
STORAGE
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A person who sells or supplies Schedule 2 poisons must keep those poisons in such a way that public access to advice from a pharmacist is available if required.
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A person who sells or supplies Schedule 3, Schedule 4 or Schedule 7 poisons must keep those poisons in a part of the premises to which the public does not have access.
DISPENSED MEDICINES
- A person must not supply a dispensed medicine for human use containing:
(1) a poison for internal use listed in Appendix K unless it is clearly labelled with warning statement 39, 40 or 90 as specified in Appendix F, Part 1; or
(2) levocabastine, unless it is clearly labelled with warning statement 62 in Appendix F, Part 1; or