Health (Drugs and Poisons) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2015 (Qld)

Queensland Health (Drugs and Poisons) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2015 Subordinate Legislation 2015 No. 176 made under the HealthAct1937 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s 74 (When endorsement is not needed) . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 183 (When endorsement is not needed). . . . . . 2 5 Amendment of s 186 (Acitretin, etretinate, isotretinoin and tretinoin) 2 6 Amendment of s 270 (When endorsement is not needed). . . . . . 2 7 Amendment of s 270A (Approval must not be granted for therapeutic use of S9 poisons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 Insertion of new s 270B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 270B Approval for cannabis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 9 Amendment of s 292 (Advertising of poisons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 10 Amendment of Appendix 9 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Health (Drugs and Poisons) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2015 [s 1] 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2015 . 2 Regulation amended This regulation amends the Health(DrugsandPoisons)Regulation 1996. 3 Amendment of s 74 (When endorsement is not needed) Section 74(3), from ‘a clinical trial’— omit, insert— an approved clinical trial. 4 Amendment of s 183 (When endorsement is not needed) Section 183(3), from ‘a clinical trial’— omit, insert— an approved clinical trial. 5 Amendment of s 186 (Acitretin, etretinate, isotretinoin and tretinoin) Section 186(2)(a), from ‘a clinical trial’— omit, insert— an approved clinical trial; or 6 Amendment of s 270 (When endorsement is not needed) Section 270(4), from ‘a clinical trial’— omit, insert— an approved clinical trial. Page 2 2015 SL No. 176

Health (Drugs and Poisons) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2015 [s 7] 7 Amendment of s 270A (Approval must not be granted for therapeutic use of S9 poisons) Section 270A, ‘The’— omit, insert — Subject to section 270B, the 8 Insertion of new s 270B After section 270A— insert— 270B Approval for cannabis The chief executive may grant an approval to a person to administer, dispense, manufacture, obtain, possess, prescribe, supply or use an S9 poison if— (a) the S9 poison is cannabis; and (b) the approval is for or connected with— (i) an approved clinical trial; or (ii) an approval, for the supply of cannabis for use in the treatment of a person, given under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cwlth), section 19(1). 9 Amendment of s 292 (Advertising of poisons) Section 292(5)— omit, insert — (5) Subsection (4) does not apply to— (a) a person who refers to cannabis in an advertisement in connection with an approved clinical trial; or (b) a person who refers to Cannabis sativa in an advertisement in connection with an activity 2015 SL No. 176 Page 3

Health (Drugs and Poisons) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2015 [s 10] authorised under the DrugsMisuseAct1986 , section 47 or 48(1). 10 Amendment of Appendix 9 (Dictionary) Appendix 9— insert— approved clinical trial means a clinical trial approved by— (a) the Therapeutic Goods Administration; or (b) a human research ethics committee registered by the Australian Health Ethics Committee established under the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992 (Cwlth). ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 10 December 2015. 2 Notified on the Queensland legislation website on 11 December 2015. 3 The administering agency is Queensland Health. © State of Queensland 2015 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel Page 4 2015 SL No. 176