Poisons Amendment Regulations 2010 (WA)

27 April 2010 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1583

HE303*

Poisons Act 1964

Poisons Amendment Regulations 2010

Made by the Lieutenant-Governor and Administrator in Executive
Council.

1.             Citation

These regulations are the Poisons Amendment Regulations 2010.

2.             Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)	regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

3.             Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Poisons Regulations 1965.

4.             Regulation 2 amended

(1) In regulation 2(1) insert in alphabetical order:

registered midwife means a midwife as defined in the

Nurses and Midwives Act 2006;

(2) In regulation 2(1) in the definition of supply after “registered
nurse” insert:

or registered midwife

5.             Regulation 42 amended

In regulation 42(1):

(a)	in paragraph (f) delete “public”;
(b)	after paragraph (f) insert:
(ga) a registered midwife employed in a hospital (so far as the possession or use of such poison included in Schedule 8 is required in

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connection with its administration to a patient
under the instruction of a medical practitioner);

and

(c) after each of paragraphs (a), (b) and (e) insert:

and

6.             Regulation 56H amended

In regulation 56H after “registered nurse” insert:

or registered midwife

By Command of the Lieutenant-Governor and Administrator,

R. KENNEDY, Clerk of the Executive Council.

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