Poisons Amendment (Optometrists) Act 2000 (TAS)

Poisons Amendment (Optometrists) Act 2000

An Act to amend the Poisons Act 1971

[Royal Assent 28 April 2000]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Poisons Amendment (Optometrists) Act 2000 . 2CommencementThis Act commences on a day to be proclaimed. 3Principal ActIn this Act, the Poisons Act 1971 is referred to as the Principal Act. 4Section 38 amended (Limitation of application of certain provisions of Division 1 of this Part) Section 38 of the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (a) in subsection (1) : (ab) the sale or supply of a class 1 substance that is sold or supplied by a pharmaceutical chemist on and in accordance with the prescription of an optometrist authorised to prescribe such a substance under Division 3A of Part 3 of the Optometrists Registration Act 1994 ; (b) by omitting paragraph (ea) from subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph: (ea) the administration to a person’s eye, or the supply, in the lawful practice of the profession of optometry – (i) of a class 2 substance by a person who is a registered optometrist; or (ii) of a class 1 substance by a registered optometrist who is authorised to administer such a substance under Division 3A of Part 3 of the Optometrists Registration Act 1994 ; (c) by omitting subsection (1A) and substituting the following subsection: (1A)  In subsection (1)  – class 1 substance means a substance which – (a) is a substance to which section 26 applies or a restricted substance; and (b) is prescribed as a class 1 substance; class 2 substance means a substance which – (a) is a substance to which section 26 applies or a restricted substance; and (b) the Minister has determined, in writing, to be a class 2 substance; registered optometrist has the same meaning as in the Optometrists Registration Act 1994 ; specified psychotropic substance means a restricted substance that is designated in the regulations as a psychotropic substance for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) .

[Second reading presentation speech made in:

House of Assembly on 1 DECEMBER 1999

Legislative Council on 5 APRIL 2000]