Poisons (Amendment) Act 1977 (NSW)

POISONS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1977

ANNO VICESIMO SEXTO

ELIZABETHE II REGINE

Act No. 5, 1977.

BE	it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as
follows: —

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

Act,	1 9 7 7 " .

2. This Act contains the following Schedules :—

SCHEDULE 1.—AMENDMENTS TO THE POISONS ACT,

1 9 6 6 , RELATING TO THE MAKING OF REGULA­

TIONS.

SCHEDULE 2.—AMENDMENTS TO THE POISONS ACT,

1 9 6 6 , BY WAY OF SUBSTITUTION RELATING TO THE

SUPPLY OF SUBSTANCES.

SCHEDULE 3.—AMENDMENTS TO THE POISONS ACT,

1 9 6 6 , BY WAY OF OMISSION RELATING TO THE

SUPPLY OF SUBSTANCES.

SCHEDULE 4.—DECISIONS OF THE DISTRICT COURT

OF NEW SOUTH WALES.

3 .	The Poisons Act, 1 9 6 6 , is amended in the manner set

forth in Schedule 1.

4.      The Poisons Act, 1 9 6 6 , is further amended—

(a)	by omitting from a provision of that Act specified in Column 1 of Schedule 2 the matter specified opposite that provision in the column headed "Matter to be omitted." in Column 2 of Schedule

2 , other than such matter, if any, as appears in

brackets

brackets and is printed in italics, and by inserting instead the matter specified opposite that provision in the column headed "Matter to be inserted." in Column 2 of Schedule 2; and

(b)	by omitting from a provision of that Act specified in Column 1 of Schedule 3 the matter specified opposite that provision in Column 2 of Schedule

3, other than such matter, if any, as appears in

brackets and is printed in italics.

5 .      (1) A regulation—

(a)	that purports to have been made under the Poisons Act, 1966; and
(b)	that would have been valid if the amendments made to the Poisons Act, 1966, by section 3 and Schedule 1 had been in force when that regulation was made,

shall be deemed to have been validly made.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) affects a decision of the District Court of New South Wales referred to in Schedule 4.

SCHEDULE 1.

AMENDMENTS TO THE POISONS ACT, 1966, RELATING TO

THE MAKING OF REGULATIONS.

(1) Section 6 (14)—

Omit the subsection.

(2) (a) Section 17 (1 )—

Omit "The Governor",…