Therapeutic Goods (Poisons Standard—June 2024) Instrument 2024
22Cautionary statement—read safety directions
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22 Cautionary statement—read safety directions
(1) If safety directions are required on the label by section 29, the following cautionary statement:
READ SAFETY DIRECTIONS BEFORE OPENING OR USING
or the following cautionary statement:
READ SAFETY DIRECTIONS
(a) on a separate line or lines:
(i) immediately below the cautionary statement “KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN” as required by section 18; or
(ii) if one or more other cautionary statements is required to be on the line immediately below “KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN”, immediately below that statement or those statements; and
(d) with nothing, other than a class label as specified in the Australian Dangerous Goods Code, written on the same line or lines.
(2) This section does not apply to a medicine for human use that is labelled in accordance with the required advisory statements for medicine labels.