Poisons (Amendment) Act 1967 (NSW)

POISONS (AMENDMENT) ACT.

ANNO SEXTO DECIMO

ELIZABETHS II BEGINS

Act No. 40 ,1967 .

An Act to make further provisions relating to the regulation and control of restricted substances; for these purposes to amend the Poisons Act, 1966; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to, 25th September, 1967.]

T>E it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative

may be cited as the Poisons Act, 1966-1967. (3)

Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in

Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as

follows : —

1.      (1) This Act may be cited as the "Poisons (Amend­

ment) Act, 1967".

(2) The Poisons Act, 1966, as amended by this Act,

(3) This Act shall commence on the day upon which sections sixteen and nineteen of the Poisons Act, 1966, commence.

2. The Poisons Act, 1966, is amended—

(a) (i) by omitting from paragraph (a) of subsection one of section sixteen the word "or" where secondly occurring;

(ii)   by inserting next after paragraph (b) of the same subsection the following new para­ graphs : —

(c)	he is a person or belongs to a class of persons authorised by the Under Sec­ retary for the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection one of section nineteen of this Act; or
(d)	he is a person authorised in writing by the Under Secretary to obtain posses­ sion of the prescribed restricted substance for the purposes of his profession or employment and obtains, or attempts to obtain, as the case may be, possession of the prescribed restricted substance in accordance with any conditions subject to which he is so authorised.

(b) by omitting subsection one of section nineteen and

by inserting in lieu thereof the following subsec­

tions :—

(1) Paragraph (b) of subsection one of section

nine of this Act does not operate to prohibit—

(a) the supply or sale of a restricted substance by a pharmacist on and in accordance with the prescription of a medical practitioner, dentist or veterinary surgeon; or

(b)

(b) the supply, by a person, or a person belong­ ing to a class of persons, authorised by the Under Secretary to make the supply, of a restricted substance on and in accordance with the prescription of a medical prac­ titioner, where the restricted substance is supplied to a patient in a hospital, or in a hospital belonging to a class, specified in the authority or to an inmate in an institution, or in an institution belonging to a class, specified in the authority.

(1A) An authority referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection one of this section may be revoked by the Under Secretary for reasons that he thinks sufficient.

(1B) The Under Secretary shall cause particulars of any authority referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection one of this section, and of the revocation of any such authority, to be published in the Gazette as soon as practicable after it is granted or revoked, as the case may be.

RETURNED