Poisons List Amendment Order (No. 3) 2002 (TAS)

Poisons List Amendment Order (No. 3) 2002

I make the following order under section 15(1) of the Poisons Act 1971 .29 August 2002

D. E. Llewellyn

Minister for Health and Human Services

1Short titleThis order may be cited as the Poisons List Amendment Order (No. 3) 2002 . 2CommencementThis order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette or on 1 September 2002, whichever is later. 3Principal OrderIn this order, the Poisons List Order 2001 is referred to as the Principal Order. 4Schedule 2 amended (Medicinal Poisons) Schedule 2 to the Principal Order is amended as follows: (a) by omitting item 2027 and substituting the following:

2027.  Ciclopirox in preparations for dermal use containing less than 2% of ciclopirox.

(b) by omitting item 2098 and substituting the following:

2098.	Nicotine for use as an aid in withdrawal from tobacco smoking, in –
(a) chewing gum; or
(b) preparations for –
(i) inhalation; or
(ii) transdermal use.

5Schedule 3 amended (Potent Substances) Schedule 3 to the Principal Order is amended as follows: (a) by inserting after item 3014 the following:

3014M.  Clobetasone (clobetasone-17-butyrate) in preparations for dermal use containing 0.05% or less of clobetasone, in packs containing 30g or less of such preparations.

(b) by omitting item 3055 and substituting the following:

3055.	Nicotine for use as an aid in withdrawal from tobacco smoking –
(a) in lozenges; or
(b) in preparations for sublingual use.

(c) by inserting after item 3073 the following:

3073E.  Sodium picosulfate in preparations for oral use for bowel cleansing prior to diagnostic medical or surgical procedures.

6Schedule 4 amended (Restricted Substances) Schedule 4 to the Principal Order is amended as follows: (a) by omitting item 40366 and substituting the following:

40366.  Clobetasone (clobetasone-17-butyrate) except when included in Schedule 3 .

(b) by inserting after item 40577 the following:

40577M.	Epoetin alfa.
40577S.	Epoetin beta.

(c) by inserting after item 41374 the following:

41375.  Sibutramine.

7Schedule 5 amended (Domestic Poisons) Schedule 5 to the Principal Order is amended as follows: (a) by inserting after paragraph (e) in item 5031 the following:

5031M.  Bifluorides (including ammonium, potassium and sodium salts) in preparations containing 0.3% or less of total bifluorides.

(b) by inserting after paragraph (c) in item 5034 the following:

5034E.  Boron trifluoride in preparations containing 0.1% or less of boron trifluoride (BF3).

(c) by inserting after item 5118 the following:

5118S.  Epoxiconazole.

(d) by omitting item 5162 and substituting the following:

5162.  Hydrosilicofluoric acid (excluding its salts and derivatives) in preparations containing 0.1% or less of hydrosilicofluoric acid (H2SiF6).

(e) by inserting after item 5265 the following:

5265E.	Potassium nitrite in preparations containing 1% or less of potassium nitrite except –
(a) in preparations containing 0.5% or less of potassium nitrite; or
(b) when present as an excipient in preparations for therapeutic use; or
(c) in aerosols.

(f) by inserting after item 5277 the following:

5277S.  Pyraclostrobin.

(g) by inserting after paragraph (c) in item 5323 the following:

5323M.  Tepraloxydim.

8Schedule 6 amended (Agricultural and Industrial Poisons) Schedule 6 to the Principal Order is amended as follows: (a) by inserting after item 6042 the following:

6042E.  Bifluorides (including ammonium, potassium and sodium salts) in preparations containing 3% or less of total bifluorides except when included in Schedule 5 .

(b) by omitting item 6045 and substituting the following:

6045.  Boron trifluoride in preparations containing 1% or less of boron trifluoride (BF3) except when included in Schedule 5 .

(c) by omitting item 6117 and substituting the following:

6117.	Deltamethrin –
(a) in aqueous preparations containing 25% or less of deltamethrin, when no organic solvent, other than 10% or less of a glycol, is present; or
(b) in wettable granular preparations containing 25% or less of deltamethrin; or
(c) in water-dispersible tablets each containing 500mg or less of deltamethrin; or
(d) in other preparations containing 3% or less of deltamethrin –
except when included in Schedule 5 .

(d) by omitting item 6224 and substituting the following:

6224.  Hydrosilicofluoric acid (excluding its salts and derivatives) in preparations containing 1% or less of hydrosilicofluoric acid (H2SiF6) except when included in Schedule 5 .

(e) by omitting item 6272 and substituting the following:

6272.  Monensin in animal feed premixes containing 12.5% or less of antibiotic substances.

(f) by inserting after item 6289 the following:

6289E.  Nitroprussides in preparations containing 2.5% or less of nitroprussides except when included in Schedule 4 .

(g) by inserting after subparagraph (ii) in paragraph (b) of item 6333 the following:

6333M.	Potassium nitrite in preparations containing 40% or less of potassium nitrite except –
(a) when included in Schedule 5 ; or
(b) in preparations containing 0.5% or less of potassium nitrite; or
(c) when present as an excipient in preparations for therapeutic use; or
(d) in aerosols containing 2% or less of potassium nitrite.

(h) by omitting item 6365 and substituting the following:

6365.	Selenium –
(a) in preparations containing 2.5% or less of selenium when packed and labelled –
(i) for the blueing of gun barrels; or
(ii) for photographic purposes; or
(iii) for the colouring of lead or lead alloys; or
(b) in coated granules containing 1% or less of selenium for application to pasture except in fertilisers containing 200g/tonne or less of selenium; or
(c) for the treatment of animals –
(i) in a drench, injection, paste, stock lick or vaccine containing 0.5% or less of selenium; or
(ii) in animal feed premixes containing 2% or less of selenium for the preparation of feeds containing 1g/tonne or less of selenium; or
(iii) in controlled-release bolus preparations containing 25mg or less of selenium with a release rate not greater than 0.25mg/day; or
(iv) as barium selenate in preparations for injection containing 5% or less of selenium.

9Schedule 7 amended (Dangerous Poisons) Part 1 of Schedule 7 to the Principal Order is amended as follows: (a) by inserting after item 7002 the following:

7002M.  Acibenzolar-s-methyl.

(b) by inserting after paragraph (b) in item 7025 the following:

7025E.  Bifluorides (including ammonium, potassium and sodium salts) except when included in Schedule 5 or 6 .

(c) by inserting after item 7026 the following:

7026E.  Boron trifluoride except when included in Schedule 5 or 6 .

(d) by omitting item 7063 and substituting the following:

7063.	Cyanides, metallic, except –
(a) ferricyanides; or
(b) ferrocyanides; or
(c) when separately specified in these Schedules.

(e) by inserting after item 7169 the following:

7169E.  Nitroprussides except when included in Schedule 4 or 6 .

(f) by inserting after item 7187 the following:

7187M.	Potassium nitrite except –
(a) when included in Schedule 5 or 6 ; or
(b) in preparations containing 0.5% or less of potassium nitrite; or
(c) when present as an excipient in preparations for therapeutic use; or
(d) in aerosols containing 2% or less of potassium nitrite.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 4 September 2002

This order is administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the order) This order amends the