7References to substances

7  References to substances

  In this instrument, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a substance includes the following:

 (a) that substance prepared from natural sources or artificially;

 (b) if the substance is a plant (other than a plant included in Schedule 8 or 9)—that plant or any part of that plant when packed or prepared for therapeutic use;

 (c) every salt, active principle or derivative of the substance, including esters and ethers, and every salt of such an active principle or derivative;

 (d) every alkaloid of the substance and every salt of such an alkaloid;

 (e) every stereoisomer of the substance and every salt of such a stereoisomer;

 (f) every recombinant form of the substance;

 (g) a preparation or admixture containing any proportion of the substance.

Note: Part 2 (controls on substances) does not apply in relation to certain substances (see section 11).