Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1894 (WA)

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The Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1894

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO OCTAVO

VICTORIA REG=

No. 35

An Act to establish a Pharmaceutical Society of Western Australia ; to repeal The Poisons Sale Act of 1879,' and to enact other provisions in lieu thereof.

[Assented to 28th November, 1894.

HEREAS it is desirable to prevent unqualified persons from Preamble

and Druggists or Pharmaceutical Chemists, and it is expedient for theW representing themselves to be competent to practise as Chemists

•safety of the public to regulate the Sale of Poisons and to make pro- visions for the exercise of proper precautions in the use of same : Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

PART I

',PRELIMINARY

1. This Act is divided into six Parts as follows :- Division of Act

Part I.—PRELIMINARY : ss. 1-5.

Part IL—THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN

AUSTRALIA : SS. 6-14.

Part PHARMACEUTICAL REGISTER OF WESTERN

AUSTRALIA: SS. 15-20.

Part IV.—REGISTRATION OP PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTS :

ss. 21-24.

Part V.—SALE OF POISONS : ss. 25-36.

Part VI.—MISCELLANEOUS : ss. 37-42.

2. This Act may be cited The Pharmacy and Poisons Act, shat title

1894.'

repeal shall not affect the liability of any person to any penalty in- No. 1 t 3. The Poisons Sale Act, 1879,' is hereby repealed, but such Repeat ot 43 Vic.,

curred or any proceedings taken or pending thereunder ; and all such penalties may be imposed and enforced, and all such proceedings may be taken and prosecuted, as though the said repealed Act were still in force.

4. This Act shall come into operation on the first day of March, commencement

One thousand eight hundred and ninety-five. of Act

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Interpretation 5. In the construction of this Act, except where the subject matter or the context otherwise indicates :

Council' means the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of

Western Australia.

Gazette' means the Government Gazette' of Western Aus-

tralia.

' Pharmaceutical Chemist' means a pharmaceutical chemist

registered under the provisions of this Aet.

Register' means the Pharmaceutical Register of Western

Australia.

Regulations' means the Regulations made under this Act.

PART II

THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Constitution of	6. The Pharmaceutical Society already established in the Colony shall be the Pharmaceutical Society of Western Australia, and may retain that name and title, and all pharmaceutical chemists, within the meaning of this Act, shall be members thereof.
Society
Constitution of	7. For the management of the 'said Society there shall be a Council, to consist of a president and six other members, under the style of The Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Western Australia.'
Council
Appointment of

first Council 8. The first Council shall be appointed by the Governor.

(a) No person shall be so appointed who is not eligible for regis-

tration as a pharmaceutical chemist under this Act.

(b) The members onhe Council shall hold office for three years from the date of their appointment, but shall be eligible for election as hereafter mentioned.

(c) The members of the Council shall, at their first meeting,

elect one of their number to be president of the Council.

Election of	9. At the expiration of the period for which the first members of the Council are appointed to hold office, and at the expiration of every succeeding three years, the pharmaceutical chemists registered under this Act may, in manner prescribed by the Regulations, elect seven persons to form the Council, who shall hold office for the three years. next following their election.
subsequent
Councils

(a) No person other than a pharmaceutical chemist shall be

eligible for election.

(b) At the first meeting of every Council so elected the members thereof shall elect one of their number to be president, who shall hold office during the period for which such Council is elected.

(c) The members of the Council retiring at the end of any three

years shall be eligible for re-election.

(d) Every pharmaceutical chemist shall be entitled to one vote

for each member of the Council to be elected.

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10. The Governor may, from time to time, remove the president or Removal of members of

any other member of the Council. Connell

11. If any member of the Council dies, resigns, is removed, or is Election to all the Regulations, elect thereto any pharmaceutical chemist, and the person so elected shall hold office for the residue of the term during which the member of the Council, in lieu of whom he has been elected, would have held office, and no longer.absent from the Colony for three months without the leave of the ,7„7,1;Ye°:„"et

12. (1) At every meeting of the Council each member, including Meetings of the

the president, shall have one vote, and the president shall, in case of 09,vmoitt \fumber

an equality of votes, have a casting vote in addition to his ordinary members

vote, and all questions at any meeting of the Council shall be decided

by a majority of the votes of the members present.

(2) A quorum of the Council shall consist of not fewer than Quorum or

four members thereof, and in the absence of the president from any c°""ell

meeting of the Council the members present may elect one of their

number to be chairman of the meeting.

(3) No action or proceedings of the Council shall be invalidated Proceedings of

by reason of the existence of any vacancy or vacancies therein, provided r1 b

that the number of members be not reduced below four.	reason of
vacancies

necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Act, and may remove appoint officers 13. (1) The Council may appoint a registrar, and any other officer Council may

any of such officers at any time.

(2) The Council may, in its own name, by its reaistrar or any Council may

person thereunto authorised in writing under the hand of the president, sue b

commence, carry on, prosecute, and defend any action, complaint, in- formation, or proceeding whatsoever, both civil and criminal. Every court of kw shall take judicial notice of the signature of the president to any such authorisation.

14. (1) The president or any member of the Council may examine or question any person attending, or giving evidence before the Council,

examine upon

Council may

oath, ,Le.

and may administer an oath to, or take a solemn declaration from, such

persons.

(2) If any such person wilfully. or knowingly makes any false p enalty for false

statement upon such examination or in such declaration, or utters, or iteacteam	mtet?otno,rae.
attempts to utter, or puts off as true any false, forged, or counterfeit diploma, degree, license, certificate, or other document or writing, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and, on conviction thereof, shall be liable to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years with or without hard labour, or may be dealt with under any other law applicable to his offence.

PART III

THE PHARMACEUTICAL REGISTER OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA'

15. The Council shall, upon the application of any person entitled Connell to keep

to be registered as a pharmaceutical chemist under this Act, register regret"

the name of the applicant, together with his residence or place of

business, his qualification and the date of such registration, in a

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First Schedule register to be kept by the Council for that purpose in the form con-

tained in the First Schedule to this Act, or to the like effect, and such register shall ,be called ' The Pharmaceutical Register of Western Australia.'

List of	16. (1) The Council shall, in the month of January in every year, price, a correct list of all pharmaceutical chemists in alphabetical order according to their surnames, with their respective residences or places of business, and shall cause such list to be published at the same time in the Gazette.'
pharmaceutical
chemists to be	cause to be printed, published, and offered for sale, at a reasonable
published
Copy of	(2) A copy of the Gazette ' containing any such list shall be ings whatsoever, that the persons specified in such list are qualified and registered according to the provisions of this Act, and the absence of the name of any person from such list shall be prima facie evidence that such person is not a pharmaceutical chemist.
'Gantt& to be
evidence	prima fade evidence in all Courts of Justice, and in all legal proceed-
tration and
Fees for regis-	17. The fees for registration as a pharmaceutical chemist, or for any examination required by this Act, shall be such as from thne to time are prescribed by the Regulations, and shall be paid to the Council previously to any such registration or examination.
examination
Necessary
alterations to be	18. The Council shall from time to time make all necessary altera- tions in the register relating to the qualifications and addresses of pharmaceutical chemists, and may write or cause to be written a letter addressed to any pharmaceutical chemist, according to his last known address, to inquire whether he has changed his residence or place of business. Such letter shall be registered, and if no answer be returned to such letter within the period of six months from the sending thereof, the Council may erase the name of such pharmaceutical chemist from the register, and shall restore the same to such register upon the per- sonal application of such pharmaceutical chemist and production of his certificate or satisfactory proof of his former registration, and payment of all fees in arrear.
made in register
Change of	19. Every pharmaceutical chemist on changing his residence or Registrar General of Western Australia, on receiving information of the death of any pharmaceutical chemist, shall forthwith transmit notice thereof by post to the Registrar of the Pharmaceutical Society of Western Australia, and on receipt of such notice such registrar shall inform the Council thereof, and the Council shall remove the name of such chemist from the register.
address or death
of pharmaceu-	place of business shall intimate the same to the Council, and the
tical chemist to
be notified
Pharmaceutical	20. If any pharmaceutical chemist is convicted of any offence as a pharmaceutical chemist, the Governor may, upon the application of the Council, order the name of such pharmaceutical chemist to be erased from the register, and the Council shall erase such name accordingly.
chemist may be
struck off	which, in the opinion of the Council, renders him unfit to practise
register

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PART IV

REGISTRATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTS

21. Any person may obtain from the Council a certificate, in the form contained in the Second Schedule to this Act, that he has been	Qualification to be registered as
pharznacenticat
duly registered as a pharmaceutical chemist, if he has attained the age	chemist
of twenty-one years, and	Second Schedule

(a) Is a member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Western

Australia at the time of the passing of this Act ; or,

(b) For at least two years immediately before the date of the coming into operation of this Act has carried on business as a chemist and druggist, in the keeping of an open shop in the Colony of Western Australia for the com- pounding and dispensing of prescriptions of legally qualified medical practitioners ; or,

(c) For at least two years immediately before the date of the coming into operation of this Act has been continuously employed as dispensing assistant in an open shop as aforesaid ; or,

(d) For at least three years immediately before the date of the coming into operation of this Act has been continuously employed as a dispensing chemist in a hospital, bene- volent asylum, or other public institution in Western Australia ; or,

(a) For at least four years has served as an apprentice in the business of a chemist and druggist or pharmaceutical chemist in Western Australia, in the keeping of open shop for the compounding and dispensing of prescriptions of legally qualified medical -practitioners, and holds a certificate from the Council that he has passed the exami- nations required by this Act.

(f) Holds a certificate or diploma of competency as a phar- maceutical chemist, or as a chemist and druggist from any Society, College, or Board of Pharmacy recognised by the Regulations.

22. (1) Any person applying for registration under qualifications (b), (c), or (a) must make a declaration, in the form contained in the	Manner of
applicationunder qualifica-
Third Schedule to this Act, before a Justice of the Peace, and forward	tions (G), (0), or
(d)
the same to the Council.	Third Schedule

(2) Any person applying for registration under qualification (a) under qualifica.

must make a declaration, in the form contained in the Fourth Schedule will (e)	to this Act, before a Justice of the Peace, and forward the same to the Fourth schedule
Council, and shall produce his certificate that he has passed the exami- nations required by this Act.

(3) Such declarations shall be accompanied by a certificate of Declarations to

a Justice of the Peace, or a legally qualified medical practitioner, or eb,,T,Ired	es by
the chemist and druggist, or pharmaceutical chemist to whom the

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applicant has been apprenticed, in the form respectively applicable, as

contained in the Third and Fourth Schedules to this Act.

(4) No application under qualifications (b), (c), or (d) shall be made except within six months of the coming into operation of this Act.

Under qualifica- (5) Any person applying for registration under qualification (f )

tion ( j)

shall annex to his application the certificate or diploma entitling him

to apply, for the inspection of the Council.

Council may

direct °Kamilla-.

23. The Council shall control and direct all examinations they may think fit to require for the purposes of this Act, in practical pharmacy, chemistry, botany, materia medica, the Latin language, and such other subjects as may from time to time be prescribed by the regulations.

Cons

grantor refuse

Council may

24. The Council may, upon the results of the examinations held under this Act, grant or refuse all certificates of competency, skill, knowledge and qualification to practise the business or calling of a pharmaceutical chemist.

certificates

PART V

San OP POISONS

Definition of	25. The several articles mentioned in the Fifth Schedule to this always, that the Governor, by proclamation duly published in the ' Gazette,' may, from time to time, declare that any other article specified in such proclamation shall be deemed a poison within the meaning of this Act, and on such proclamation being so published such article shall be deemed a poison within the meaning of this Act.
poisons	Act shall be deemed poisons within the meaning of this Act. Provided
Fifth Schedule

Not to be sold by 26. Every person who sells any poison shall, unless he hold a

unlicensed	license from the Council in the form contained in the Sixth Schedule
pe

persons

sixth Sellettule to this Act, be guilty of an offence against this Act, and liable, on

conviction, to a penalty not exceeding Fifty pounds, or to imprison- ment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding twelve months.

Dealers in poison 27. No such license shall be granted to any person other than a	other thanpharmaceutical pharmaceutical chemist, except in places distant at least twenty miles
chemists from the nearest place in which a pharmaceutical chemist has an

open shop.

Conditions pre-	28. No such license shall be granted to any person unless such
cedent to grant

of license to sell

person produces to the Council a certificate, in the form contained in

poisons

the Seventh Schedule to this Act, signed by the Police or Resident

Seventh

Magistrate of, and a duly qualified medical practitioner practising in,

Schedule

the district where such person resides, and until such person has paid

the fee prescribed by the Regulations for such license.

Persons licensed

to sell poisons to 29. Every person licensed under this Act to sell poisons shall—

observe certain (a) Keep all poisons in a safe, box, cupboard, drawer, or other

conditions place, securely locked and fastened.

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(b) Except when sales and purchases of poisons are effected by iffauncr of keep-

correspondence, before delivery to the purchaser, inquire mg P'"'"s

his name, place of abode, and occupation, and the pur- rairebteoutne°1■e

pose for which such poison is required, and make an

entry in the form contained in the Eighth Schedule to Eighth Schedule

this Act, in a book to be kept for that purpose, specifying

the date of the sale, the name of the purchaser, his place

of abode and occupation, the purpose for which the

poison is required, the quantity of the poison sold, and

sign such entry, and obtain the signature of the pur-

chaser thereto, or, if the purchaser cannot write, insert

the words ' Purchaser cannot write.'

(c) Whenever sales or purchases of poison are effected by cor-

Particulars of

sales effected by

respondence, retain the letter, telegram, or other docu-	correspondence
ment by which such poison is ordered, and make an entry in the said book, so far as is practicable, of the particulars contained in the Eighth Schedule to this Act.

(d) Whenever a witness to the sale of any poison is required signature of

by this Act, obtain the signature of such witness to the lov	itset be
entry in the said book relating to such poison.

30. No person shall sell any poison, ordered by letter, telegram, s ig„at„re, or or other document, to any person with whose signature he is not rdonrrreeh a s :Tbin acquainted, unless such signature has been witnessed, or purports to to be;oved have been witnessed, by a Justice of the Peace, legal practitioner, or

notary public, or is otherwise authenticated by some person known to

the vendor.

31. No person shall sell any poison, unless the bottle or other Vessels,

vessel, wrapper or cover, box or case immediately containing the same c",;',TeleiVe"

bears thereon the word ' poison ' printed conspicuously, together with 'poison' to be so.

the name of the article and the name and address of the vendor marked

thereof.

parently under eighteen years of age, or to any person who is unknown eicoissozs may not 32. No person shall sell any poison to any person who is ap- Persons to whom,

to the vendor, unless the sale be made in the presence of some witness who is known to the vendor, and to whom the purchaser is known, and such witness sirms his name, together with his place of abode,

to the required entry before the delivery of the poison to the pur-	t
chaser.

33. (1) Any person who—	Penalties in
respect of keep-

(a) Sells any poison contrary to the provisions of this Act; ; 1;liogia olilics1 sale of

or,

(b) Neglects or omits to comply with any of the provisions of

this Act regulating the sale or keeping of poisons ; or,

(c) On the purchase of any poison, gives false information in relation to the particulars required by this Act on the purchase or sale of any poison ; or,

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(d) Signs his name as a witness to the signature of any person ordering poison by letter, telegram, or other document, or to the sale of any poison to a purchaser who is unknown to him ;

shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, and liable, upon convic- tion, to a penalty not exceeding One hundred pounds, or to imprison- ment for any term not exceeding twelve months, with or without hard labour.

4 Person ' to (2) For the purpose of this section, the person on whose

include assistant behalf any sale is made by an assistant or apprentice shall be deemed or apprentice

to be the person who sells, and such assistant or apprentice shall be also liable to the like penalties as the person on whose behalf he makes such sale.

Owner of poisons 34. Any person other than a pharmaceutical chemist, in charge or possession of any p

not to leave	oison, who leaves it in any place (whether the same
them about

unlabelled, under be ordinarily accessble to others or not), unless the bottle or package i

a penalty of whatsoever kind in which such poison is contained ismarked poison,' and otherwise duly labelled in the manner provided by the thirty-first section of this Act, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, and liable, on conviction, to a penalty not exceeding Twenty pounds : Provided always, that this clause shall not apply to pharma- ceutical chemists in the conduct of their business.

Cancellation of 35. The Governor may, on the recommendation of the Council, by

dealer in poisons order, direct the cancellation of the license of any person to sell poisons certificath of

deemed by the Council unfit to continue to sell poisons.

extend to certain36. This Act shall not extend to the sale of any poison when made	Act not to
sates of poison up or compounded in a medicine by a duly qualified medical prac-

titioner, or by a pharmaceutical chemist for the purpose of sale, or according to the prescription of a duly qualified medical practitioner, or in the form of homoeopathic medicine, unless in the crude state or mother tincture, nor to the sale of patent or proprietary medicines when sold by pharmaceutical chemists or other persons, nor to the sale of photographic materials for the purposes of photography, nor to the sale of medicines dispensed by veterinary surgeons for animals under their treatment, nor to the sale of fly poison papers, nor to the sale of poisonous mixtures and fluids for the eradication of insect pests or diseases in fruit trees, grape vines, or other vegetation, nor to the sale of poisoned seed for the destruction of vermin, when duly marked as such ; nor shall it extend to any sales by wholesale dealers in the ordinary course of wholesale dealing, if an order in writing, signed by the purchaser, shall be given for the supply of the same. Provided that all such sales are entered in a book, and that the bottle or other vessel, wrapper or cover, box or case immediately containing the poison bears thereon the word poison ' printed conspicuously.

PART VI

MISCELLANEOUS

Penalty on	37. Any Registrar appointed under this Act, or other person who wilfully makes or causes to be made any false entry in the Register, and any person who wilfully procures or attempts to procure himself to be registered under this Act, by making or producing, or causing to
fraudulent
registration, Sze.

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be made or produced, any false certificate or diploma of competency or other certificate, or declaration, either verbally, or in writing ; and any person who aids or assists therein shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, and liable, on conviction, to a penalty not exceeding One hundred pounds, with or without imprisonment for any term not exceeding twelve calendar months.

38. From and after the date of the first appointment of the	Penalties for
contravention

Council, of the Act

(1) Any person other than

(a) A pharmaceutical chemist, or

(b) A person or company registered under The Com-

panies Act, 1893,' carrying on the business of a chemist and druggist or of a pharmaceutical chemist by an agent, manager, or servant who is a pharmaceutical chemist, or

(c) A legally qualified medical practitioner ;

who carries on, or attempts to carry on, the business of a chemist and druggist, or pharmaceutical chemist, or assumes or uses the title of pharmaceutical chemist, pharmaceutist, pharmacist, chemist and druggist, dis- pensing chemist, dispensing druggist, homoeopathic chemist, or other words of like import, or who uses or exhibits any title, term, or sign, which can be construed to mean that such person is qualified as a pharma- ceutical chemist ; and

(2) Any person who fails to comply with any of the provisions

of this Act or of any Regulation made hereunder,

shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, and liable, on conviction, to a penalty not exceeding Fifty pounds, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding twelve months for each such offence.

39. All offences against this Act upon which a pecuniary penalty is imposed shall be summarily punishable, and all penalties imposed by

cedure andOffences pro:

application of

this Act shall be recovered in a summary manner before two or more

penalties

Justices of the Peace ; and all penalties when recovered, and all fees payable under this Act, shall be paid to the Council to be applied towards the expenses of carrying this Act into effect.

40. Sections A, D, and F of 'The Shortening Ordinance, 1853,' shall be incorporated with and taken to form part of this Act to all

Sections ofShortening

Ordinance

intents and purposes, and in as full and ample a manner as if the said

incorporated

sections had been introduced and fully set forth in this Act.

41. Notwithstanding anything in this Act contained no person shall be liable to any penalty for selling any patent or proprietary

Act not to apply

to sale of patent

or proprietary medicines in

medicines in any place which is at least twenty miles distant from the

certain cases

nearest place wherein a pharmaceutical chemist has an open shop.

42. (1) The Council may, subject to the confirmation of the Governor, from time to time make, alter, and revoke regulations for

Power to Council

to make

regulations

the following purposes, or any of them

(a) Regulating the meetings and proceedings of the Council,	Meetings of the
Council and

and the conduct of their business.

conduct of

business

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Election of

Council and (b) Prescribing the manner of and time and place for electing

president

the members of the Council and the president of the

Council.

Fees and	(C)	Prescribing the subscriptions to be paid by pharma- ceutical chemists to the Council for the purpose of defraying the expenses necessary to carry out the pro- visions of this Act, the fees for the examination of persons qualifying to be registered as pharmaceutical chemists, and the fees for the registration of the same and for licenses to sell poisons.
subscriptions
Additional

subjects of (d) Prescribing the subjects, in addition to those prescribed

examination

by this Act, for the examination of persons qualifying

for registration as pharmaceutical chemists.

What pharmacy Prescribing that the certificates or diplomas of com- petency as a pharmaceutist or as a chemist and druggist of any specified society, college, or board of pharmacy shall be recognised by the council.

institutions to,	(C)
be recognised,

Sale and custody Providing for the sale and custody of poisons.

of poisons	(f)	Providing for all other matters or things necessary for carrying the provisions of this Act into effect.
General	(g)

Publication of	(2) All Regulations made under this Act shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament within fourteen days from the making thereof if Parliament be then sitting, and if not then sitting, then within fourteen days after the then next assembling of Parliament, and when published in the Gazette' such Regulations shall have the force of law.
Regulations
E dance	(3) A copy of the Gazette ' containing any such Regulation shall be prima facie evidence in all Courts of Justice and in all legal proceedings of the due making of such Regulation and that it is still in force.

W. C. F. ROBINSON,

GOVERNOR.

SCHEDULES

Section FIRST SCATMILE

'PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1894'

Register of Pharmaceutical Chemists

Residence or

Name Place of Business Qualification Date of Registration

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SECOND SCHEDULE Section 21

'PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1894'

Certificate of Registration as a Pharmaceutical Chemist under the

Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1894.'

We do hereby certify that , residing at

in , has been duly registered as a pharmaceutical chemist.

Dated at this day of , 18 .

(Signed) A.B. President of the Pharmaceutical

Council of

(Signed) C.D. Registrar Western Australia.

THIRD SCHEDULE	Section 22
Sub-section (1)

PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1894'

Declaration by a person who was in business as a Chemist and Druggist, or who was employed as a Dispensing Assistant or as a Dispensing Chemist before the date of the commencement of the Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1894.'

, residing at , in , do

solemnly and sincerely declare that I have attained the age of twenty-one years, and that I have carried on the business of a chemist and druggist in the keeping of an open shop for the compounding and dispensing of the prescriptions of legally qualified medical practitioners, or have been continuously employed as a dispensing assistant in an open shop for the compounding and dispensing of the prescriptions of legally qualified medical practitioners, or have been continuously employed as a dispensing chemist in a hospital or benevolent asylum, or [here state the name of the public institution] in Western Australia, at the place or places and during the period or periods undermentioned, on or before the first day of March, 1895.

Declared at , in the Colony of Western Australia, this

day of ,18 .

Before me, , J.P.

Certificate of Justice of the Peace or Legally Qualified Medical	Section 22
Sub-section (3)

Practitioner, as to truth of facts in Declaration.

, a Justice of the Peace, or legally qualified

medical practitioner (as the case may be) do hereby certify that

residing at , in , to the best of my

knowledge and belief has attained the age of twenty-one years, and

(a) Has carried on the business of a chemist and druggist in the keeping of an open shop for the compounding and dispensing of the pre- scriptions of legally qualified medical practitioners; or

(b) Has been continuously employed as a dispensing assistant in an open shop for the compounding and dispensing of the prescriptions of legally qualified medical practitioners ; or

(c) Has been continuously employed as a dispensing chemist in a hospital, or a benevolent asylum, or [here state the name of the public institu- tion] in Western Australia,

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at the place or places, and during the period or periods undermentioned, on or

before the first day of March, 1895.

Dated the day of , 18 .

(Signed) , J.P., or Legally Qualified

Medical Practitioner of	.
FOURTH SCHEDULE

Section 22

Sub-section (2) ' PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1894 '

Declaration by Apprentice

, of , in the Colony of Western Australia, do

solemnly and sincerely declare-

1. That I have attained the age of twenty-one years and

2. That I have served not less than four years as an apprentice in the

business of a chemist and druggist or pharmaceutical chemist in Western Australia in the keeping of open shop for the compounding and dispensing of prescriptions of legally qualified medical prac- titioners.

Declared at , in the Colony of Western Australia, this

clay of , 18 .

Before me, , J.P.

Section 22:

Sub-section (3) Certificate of Apprenticeship by Master Chemist and Druggist or

Pharmaceutical Chemist.

a chemist and druggist, or a pharmaceutical chemist, do hereby certify that of in the colony of Western Australia, to the best of my knowledge and belief has attained the age of twenty-one years, and has served for four years as an apprentice in the business carried on by me of a chemist and druggist or of a pharmaceutical chemist.

Dated the day of , 18 .

(Signed)

of

Section 25	FIFTH SCHEDULE
LIST OF POISONS

Arsenic and its preparations. Cyanides of Potassium and all metallic

Prussic Acid and its preparations. cyanides.

Strychnine and its preparations.	Chloroform.
Savin and its oil.	Belladonna and its preparations.
Ergot of Rye and its preparations.	Laudanum.
Chloral Hydrate.	Opium, and all preparations of opium

All poisonous vegetable alkaloids and or poppies.

their salts. Arsenical preparations, except green

Aconite and its preparations. and other paints and pigments.

Tartar Emetic. Essential Oil of Almonds, unless de-

Corrosive Sublimate. prived of its prussic acid.

Cantharides. ' Rough on Rats.'

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Tire Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1894

SIXTH SCHEDULE Section 25

PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1894'

License to sell Poisons

I, the undersigned, on behalf of the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Western Australia, do hereby certify that , residing at

in the Colony of Western Australia, is authorised to sell poisons, subject to the provisions of The Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1894,' and of the Regulations made thereunder.

Dated at , this day of , 18 .

(Signed) A.B.,

President of the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of

Western Australia.

SEVENTH SCHEDULE Section 28

PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1894'

Certificate of Fitness to hold License to sell Poisons

We, the undersigned, do hereby respectively certify, that

residing at , in the Colony of Western Australia, is personally known to each of us respectively, and is a fit and proper person to hold a license from the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Western Australia to sell poisons.

Dated this day of , 18 .

(Signed) A.]3., Police or Resident Magis-

trate of the District where the

(Signed) CD., a duly qualified Medical Applicant resides.

Practitioner practising in

EIGHTH SCHEDULE Section 25

FORM OF ENTRY IN BOOK ON SALE OP POISON

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