Tasmania regulation

Proclamation under the Poisons Amendment (Interstate Prescriptions) Act 2025

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Jurisdiction

Tasmania

Act Number

3 of 2026

Collection

regulation

Plain English Summary

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This proclamation fixes 16 February 2026 as the day the Poisons Amendment (Interstate Prescriptions) Act 2025 begins to operate in Tasmania, made under section 2 of that Act. It therefore brings into force whatever legal changes the Act creates for persons and entities to whom that Act applies.

The proclamation was signed by the Governor on advice of the Executive Council, is administered by the Department of Health, and was notified in the Gazette on 11 February 2026.

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Proclamation under the Poisons Amendment (Interstate Prescriptions) Act 2025

Proclamation under the Poisons Amendment (Interstate Prescriptions) Act 2025

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia acting with the advice of the Executive Council, by this my proclamation made under section 2 of the Poisons Amendment (Interstate Prescriptions) Act 2025 fix 16 February 2026 as the day on which that Act commences.

3 February 2026

B. BAKER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

BRIDGET ARCHER

Minister for Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 11 February 2026

This proclamation is administered in the Department of Health.

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Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

1 Proclamation under the Poisons Amendment (Interstate Prescriptions) Act 2025

Proclamation under the Poisons Amendment (Interstate Prescriptions) Act 2025

3 February 2026

B. BAKER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

BRIDGET ARCHER

Minister for Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 11 February 2026

This proclamation is administered in the Department of Health.