Poisons Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 1992 (WA)

3864	GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA	(7 August 1992
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[* Reprinted in the Gazette of 5 August 1987. For amendments to 17 July 1992 see 1991 Index to Legislation of Western Australia, pp. 447-450 and Gazette of 16 April 1992.]

POISONS ACT 1964

POISONS AMENDMENT REGULATIONS (NO. 4) 1992

Made by His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor and Administrator in

Executive Council.

Citation

1.     These regulations may be cited as the Poisons Amendment Regulations

(No. 4) 1992.

Principal regulations

2.      In these regulations the Poisons Regulations 1965* are referred to as the

principal regulations.

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Regulation 8A amended

3. Regulation 8A of the principal regulations is amended -

(a)	in subregulation (6) by deleting "7" and substituting the	following -
it

3         ";and

(b)	in subregulation (7) (b) by deleting "7" and substituting the	following -
It

3

Regulation 21 repealed

and a regulation substituted

4. Regulation 21 of the principal regulations is repealed and the following

regulation is substituted -

It

Labels on medicines or preparations

21. (1) Notwithstanding regulation 19, a medicine or	preparation containing any poison or hazardous substance
dispensed in the course of the professional practice of -

(a) a pharmaceutical chemist, medicalpractitioner or that regulation if it is labelled with -	dentist, for human internal use shall comply with
(i) the words "Keep out of reach of children";
(ii) the name of the patient;
(iii) a date of dispensing, and a number identifying the prescription or supply which corresponds

to -

(I)	the entry in the Prescription Book case of a pharmaceutical chemist; or referred to in regulation 36 (3) (c), in the
(II)	the patient's records, in the case of a medical practitioner or dentist;

(iv) the name and address of the pharmacy, or	medical or dental surgery, from which it is
supplied; and

(v) the instructions given on the prescription, if dispensed by a pharmaceutical chemist, or directions for use, if supplied by a medical practitioner or dentist;

(b)

a pharmaceutical chemist, medical practitioner or dentist, for human external use shall comply with that regulation if it is labelled in accordance with taken"; paragraph (a), together with the words "Not to be

(c)

a pharmaceutical chemist or veterinary surgeon, for use on any animal shall comply with that regulation if it is labelled with -

(i)	the words "Keep out of reach of children";
(ii)	the owner's surname and the species of animal;
(iii)	instructions for the use of that medicine or preparation;

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(iv)     a date of dispensing, and a number identifying the prescription or supply which corresponds to —

(I) the entry in the Prescription Book referred to in regulation 36 (3) (c), in the case of a pharmaceutical chemist; or

(H) the patient's records, in the case of a

veterinary surgeon;

(v)      the name and address of the pharmacy, or veterinary practice, from which it is supplied;

(vi)     animal treatment only", together with the the words "For veterinary use only" or "For

words "For external use only" if the medicine or
preparation is not prepared for internal use.

(2) Subregulations (1) (a) and (b) do not apply to a medicine or preparation (containing a poison) labelled in accordance with regulation 19, if it is supplied by a medical practitioner for the purposes of therapeutic treatment of a patient over a period of not more than 3 days.

By His Excellency's Command,

D. G. BLIGHT, Clerk of the Council.