Poisons Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2012 (WA)

25 May 2012 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2207

HE301*

Poisons Act 1964

Poisons Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2012

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.             Citation

These regulations are the Poisons Amendment Regulations
(No. 2) 2012.

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 41D replaced

Delete regulation 41D and insert:

41D.	Certain medicines for schools and child care services, application of Act to
(1)	In this regulation —
auto-injector means a device containing a single pre-measured dose of a poison, with a mechanism for administering the dose by injection;
child care service has the meaning given in the Child Care Services Act 2007;

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inhaler means a device containing a poison, with a mechanism for administering a metered dose of the poison by inhalation;

school means —

(a)	a school within the meaning of the School Education Act 1999 section 4; and
(b)	a community kindergarten registered under Part 5 of that Act.

(2) Sections 23(1), 31, 32(c) and (d), 34, 46 and 47 of the
Act, and regulations 33 and 35A do not apply in
relation to a medicine listed in an item in the Table
which is supplied or sold —

(a)	in the course of activity conducted by a school or child care service; and
(b)	as emergency treatment for a condition listed in that item; and
(c)	by the method listed in that item.

Table

Item	Medicine	Condition	Method
1.	Adrenaline	Anaphylaxis	Administering by auto- injector
2.	Salbutamol	Acute asthma	Administering by inhaler

(3) Section 50 of the Act, and regulations 16, 19, 19AA
and 19A do not apply in relation to a medicine listed in
an item in the Table if the medicine —

(a)	is kept for the purpose of being supplied or sold in the course of activity conducted by a school or child care service as emergency treatment for a condition listed in that item; and
(b)	is in a container listed in that item.

Table

Item	Medicine	Condition	Container
1.	Adrenaline	Anaphylaxis	Auto-injector
2.	Salbutamol	Acute asthma	Inhaler

By Command of the Governor,

N. HAGLEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.