Agriculture and Food Regulations Amendment (Poisons) Regulations 2016 (WA)

404 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 17 January 2017

HEALTH

HE301

Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Western Australia) Act 1995

Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007

Veterinary Chemical Control and Animal Feeding Stuffs Act 1976

Veterinary Surgeons Act 1960

Agriculture and Food Regulations Amendment

(Poisons) Regulations 2016

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

Part 1 — Preliminary

1.             Citation

These regulations are the Agriculture and Food Regulations
Amendment (Poisons) Regulations 2016.

2.             Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a) Part 1 — on the day on which these regulations are

published in the Gazette;

(b) the rest of the regulations — on the day on which the

Medicines and Poisons Act 2014 section 137 comes into operation.

Part 2 — Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals

(Western Australia) Regulations 1995 amended

3.             Regulations amended

This Part amends the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals
(Western Australia) Regulations 1995.

4.             Regulation 4 amended

In regulation 4(2) delete “Poisons Act 1994” and insert:

Medicines and Poisons Act 2014

17 January 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 405

Part 3 — Biosecurity and Agriculture Management

(Agriculture Standards) Regulations 2013 amended

5.             Regulations amended

This Part amends the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management
(Agriculture Standards) Regulations 2013.

6.             Regulation 27 amended

In regulation 27(7) delete “Poisons Act 1964.” and insert:

Medicines and Poisons Act 2014.

Part 4 — Biosecurity and Agriculture Management

Regulations 2013 amended

7.             Regulations amended

This Part amends the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management
Regulations 2013.

8.             Regulation 42 amended

In regulation 42 delete “Poisons Act 1964” and insert:

Medicines and Poisons Act 2014

Part 5 — Veterinary Chemical Control

Regulations 2006 amended

9.             Regulations amended

This Part amends the Veterinary Chemical Control
Regulations 2006.

10.           Regulation 2 amended

In regulation 2(1) delete the definition of prescribe and insert:

prescribe, in relation to a veterinary chemical product,
means to issue a prescription in accordance with the
Medicines and Poisons Act 2014 for the product;

406 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 17 January 2017

Part 6 — Veterinary Surgeons

Regulations 1979 amended

11.           Regulations amended

This Part amends the Veterinary Surgeons Regulations 1979.

12.           Regulation 2 amended

(1)	In regulation 2(1) delete the definitions of:
prescribe a scheduled drug scheduled drug
(2)	In regulation 2(1) insert in alphabetical order:

prescribe a scheduled drug means —

(a)	issue a prescription for the scheduled drug; or
(b)	give a written order under the Medicines and Poisons Regulations 2016 to the holder of a stockfeed manufacture permit to supply a stockfeed mix containing an antibiotic or sulphonamide;

prescription has the meaning given in the Medicines

and Poisons Act 2014 section 3;

scheduled drug means a Schedule 4 poison or a
Schedule 8 poison as those terms are defined in the
Medicines and Poisons Act 2014 section 3;

13.           Regulation 28 amended

Delete regulation 28(2)(b)(iv) and insert:

(iv)      the Medicines and Poisons Act 2014; or

R. KENNEDY, Clerk of the Executive Council.

———————————