Sch 9contains substances that should be available only for medical or scientific research including clinical trials conducted with the approval of Commonwealth and/or State/Territory Health Authorities. Although appearing as a Schedule in this Standard the method by which it is implemented in the States/Territories may vary.

Schedule 9 contains substances that should be available only for medical or scientific research including clinical trials conducted with the approval of Commonwealth and/or State/Territory Health Authorities. Although appearing as a Schedule in this Standard the method by which it is implemented in the States/Territories may vary.

Substances in products which have been considered for scheduling but have been exempted from this standard may be listed in either Appendix A (general exemptions) or Appendix B (substances considered not to require control by scheduling).

Appendix C contains a list of substances or preparations, the sale, supply or use of which should be prohibited because of their known dangerous properties. It is recommended that provisions of this appendix be put into effect through inclusion of the substances in appropriate State and Territory legislation.

READING THE SCHEDULES

Schedule entries have been designed to be as simple as possible while retaining readability, legal integrity and as much freedom from ambiguity and contradiction as possible. As a result they are expressed in a number of ways, though this number has been kept to a minimum. It is necessary to keep this variety of expression in mind when searching or interpreting Schedule entries.

Firstly, poisons are now scheduled individually using their approved names wherever practicable although exceptions are necessary in some cases. Some of those are mentioned overleaf. Older group entries are being revised and replaced by individual entries as time permits although in some of these cases a group term has also been retained to deal with any members of the group or class that may have escaped attention but should be scheduled.

Secondly, schedule entries have been expressed in either positive or negative terms and care must be taken to distinguish between the two different forms of expression. Thus, selenium is in Schedule 6 only when one of the clauses in this schedule entry applies, while fluorides are in Schedule 6 unless one of the exempting clauses applies.

Where exceptions are included in an entry these have been emphasised by printing the word “except” in bold type.

Where the schedule entries for a poison make a specific exclusion or exemption, the requirements of this Standard do not apply to that poison within the constraints of that exclusion or exemption although controls under other legislation such as pesticide registration may apply.

Where a schedule entry for a poison requires a specific statement to be included on a label as a condition for a product to qualify for an exemption (‘reverse scheduling’), then in cases where it is impracticable for a supplier to use the exact wording of such a statement, its wording may be varied provided that the full intent and meaning of the statement is not changed.